Citizenship, Social Transformations, and Their Impact on Women's Roles

Abstract

The concept of citizenship is one of the most prominent emerging concepts that Western discourses focus on and that Arab educational discourse often adopts without correcting, reconstructing, or adapting it to our environment and its impact on the family, society, and especially women. This research addresses the problem by asking: What is citizenship, what is its role in social transformations, and what is its impact on women? Its objectives are: to identify how to reconstruct and adapt the concept of citizenship as a conceptual model; to understand citizenship, social transformations, and trends in women's roles; and to conclude that citizenship is a fundamental right acquired by individuals in their homelands and is a crucial pillar in the relationship between the individual and their state. The state has the right to expect individuals to fulfill the duties imposed by citizenship through affiliation and belonging, and the state has the right to expect loyalty and defense from them.