University of Tehran Central Eurasia Studies 2008-0867 7 2 2014 09 23 The Study of Gender Empowerment functions in Development of Women’s Political Participation Case: countries of the Central Asia and the Caucasus The Study of Gender Empowerment functions in Development of Women’s Political Participation Case: countries of the Central Asia and the Caucasus 265 289 52979 10.22059/jcep.2014.52979 FA Zahra Pishgahifard Assiciate Professor of Political Geography, University of Tehran Mohammad Zohdi Goharpour PhD student of Political Geography, University of Tehran Arezoo Abedinirad M.A in Geography and Rural Planning, Young Researchers and Elite Club, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2013 10 03 promote gender empowerment indicators of women's political participation in Central Asia and the Caucasus have been estimated and the status of women's political participation and economic participation have two dimensions . Continuing with the analysis of qualitative content analysis results are profound and logical evidence , the current status of women in the region have identified two areas of political and economic participation . The results show that poor infrastructure , rule of totalitarian political systems , the deep impact of the former communist regime , poor educational and cultural structures of domination and patriarchy and women's negative attitude to the political nature of most of the few women's political participation countries in the study are noted promote gender empowerment indicators of women's political participation in Central Asia and the Caucasus have been estimated and the status of women's political participation and economic participation have two dimensions . Continuing with the analysis of qualitative content analysis results are profound and logical evidence , the current status of women in the region have identified two areas of political and economic participation . The results show that poor infrastructure , rule of totalitarian political systems , the deep impact of the former communist regime , poor educational and cultural structures of domination and patriarchy and women's negative attitude to the political nature of most of the few women's political participation countries in the study are noted https://jcep.ut.ac.ir/article_52979_b7d5f59bee45f259a14c36b745f5d26e.pdf