the The Participation of Women in the October 2019 Protests, a Political or Gender Protest

Abstract

The current research focuses on the participation of women and girls in the Oct. 2019 protests, which were marked by an unprecedented presence and representation than any previous protests. Despite this active Participation in the general, Political situation back then, but women have been stereotyping within certain gender roles related to their reproductive role within the family sphere. However many women protesters showed incompatible behaviors with the gender stereotype. Challenging the traditional gender roles by women protesters took different methods and paths, some women refused framing, parenting overprotectiveness, and gender separation as many political actors impose it on them. Women's roles and contributions inside the protest arenas varied, and have moved to the forefront of the situation as it affects the revolutionary movement of protests. The protest established new options and paths for women, as it made a difference in the lives of some of them. Many Young Women demonstrated brilliant capabilities of Media coverage to the events via social media which helped in mobilizing the society and sustaining the participant of the protesters in the arenas, as well as providing logistic support for protesters. All these contributions helped to break the typical stereotype that Political movements made by men and only men.