Statistical Analysis of Perceptions of Jordanian Women's Access to Parliament from the Perspective of Female Members of Jordanian Political Parties

This study seeks to shed light on a widely discussed contemporary social issue in Jordan, which has presented itself repeatedly in each round of elections to the Jordanian Parliament in the period 1989-2020. Although the Jordanian women's right to participate in the fabric of political life of the state is well-established and enshrined in legislation and government backing, support for their election to Parliament among the public remains consistently low. This study is an attempt to explain the persistent paradox between a low rate of female candidate access to Parliament beyond their legally assigned quota and their levels of achievement in all spheres of progress, democratization and development in Jordan. In doing so, the authors investigate their chosen research topic through a detailed statistical prism and analysis of questionnaires distributed among 270 female respondents affiliated with political parties. Such analysis revolves around two core problematic parameters: modernizing the political system in Jordan and the role of social support.