The Adaptation Procedure of Women’s Social Citizenship Indicators in Iran

Social citizenship, identifying its characteristics and adaptation to national criteria have a pivotal role in the extension of the theoretical framework and the recognition of women's social citizenship. The purpose of present study is to identifying the indicators and criteria for measuring women's access to social citizenship. In order to achieve the research objectives, after reviewing the literature by using content analysis technique, 38 key indicators were extracted. A questionnaire was developed by using those 38 indicators and data were collected from experts. The research sample was included of 30 experts from university professors, administrators, planners, policy makers, researchers, and NGO managers. Mean and variance comparison statistical tests were used to compare the results. Results revealed that five indicators including education, employment, health, welfare and participation are in line with global and national indicators. In addition, the findings show that out of five identified indicators; education and socio-cultural participation were addressed in four national development programs and employment and health indicators in five programs have been considered by policy makers