Trade unions and women's NGOs

Diverse civil society organisations in Iran

Bibliographic Data

ID3887027
AuthorsElaheh Rostami Povey (corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume14
Issue1-2
Pages254-266
Publication date2004-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0961452032000170820
OpenAlexW2067838128
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited6

A comparison of trade unions and NGOs in Iran demonstrates the diverse nature of their activities. Over the last 90 years, trade unions have played important roles in changing the political system in that country. However, unions are largely male‐dominated organisations, which explains why some women have begun to organise women's trade unions. This article focuses, however, on the activities of women's NGOs, which are engaged in improving the socio‐economic conditions of the most marginalised sectors of society. Their activities are limited and they are not engaged in structural change. However, they are challenging gender‐specific access and influence over institutional power, matters that are crucial to the process of democratisation. It is argued that, since many trade unions and NGOs in Iran are strengthening community‐based institutions in different ways, their collaboration would have a mutually transformational impact which would turn these organisations into more powerful forces in the process of democratisation

Civil society · Democracy · Democratization · Economic growth · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Transformational leadership · Gender Politics and Representation · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Turkey's Politics and Society

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