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  • Young Iranian women as agents of social change: A qualitative study

    Author(s)
    Salehi, Asiyeh
    Sebar, Bernadette
    Whitehead, Dean
    Hatam, Nahid
    Coyne, Elisabeth
    Harris, Neil
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Coyne, Elisabeth
    Harris, Neil D.
    Sebar, Bernadette M.
    Year published
    2020
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    Abstract
    Objectives: Limited studies have investigated detailed insights into the experiences of women in transitioning countries such as Iran as active agents in their lives and their societies. This study explores how young Iranian women build and use their social capital to make a social change and improve their status. Methods: This study is the qualitative component of a larger mixed-method study exploring social capital and wellbeing in young Iranian women. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with 17 young Iranian women aged 18–35. This data was supplemented with the open-ended responses provided by 87 of 391 ...
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    Objectives: Limited studies have investigated detailed insights into the experiences of women in transitioning countries such as Iran as active agents in their lives and their societies. This study explores how young Iranian women build and use their social capital to make a social change and improve their status. Methods: This study is the qualitative component of a larger mixed-method study exploring social capital and wellbeing in young Iranian women. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with 17 young Iranian women aged 18–35. This data was supplemented with the open-ended responses provided by 87 of 391 participants in the quantitative phase of the study. Thematic analysis based on the Giorgi method was used for data analysis. Results: Two major themes that emerged from the data included “multiple identities” and “young women as agents of social change”, with more emphasis on the latter. Four main strategies were used by young Iranian women to enact social change and improve their position. These included building digital freedom, generating a new style of dressing, creating leisure opportunities, and changing social and sexual relationships. Conclusions: This study provides new insights into the necessity of moving away from simply looking at women as powerless victims within paternalistic societies to exploring their potential as agents of social change. Understanding the ways young Iranian women perceive themselves, their roles in society and their experience of enacting social change and building new social identities yields deeper insights into their expectations for transformational change.
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    Journal Title
    Women's Studies International Forum
    Volume
    79
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2020.102341
    Subject
    Other human society
    Cultural studies
    Nursing
    Gender studies
    Social Sciences
    Women's Studies
    Social capital
    Agents of social change
    Qualitative research
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/395537
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