BILIG, sa.113, ss.27-52, 2025 (SSCI)
Uzbekistan had a new Constitution, and a series of laws were enacted
after the proclamation of independence in 1991. The functioning of the
new state in a democratic way was organized according to these laws. In
this study, it was investigated whether the laws enacted had influence on
women’s participation and representation in politics along with democracy,
and if so, in what ways they were applied. As the method of the study,
a descriptive design with semi-structured interviews and document
analyses was applied to obtain data for the triangulation of a mixedmethod
approach. The current situation and dynamics regarding women’s
participation and representation in politics were explored by analysing
original governmental documents related to Uzbek Constitution and
by conducting semi-structured interviews with 9 Uzbek citizens. As the
results exhibited, it was seen that women in Uzbekistan were represented
in the politics as mentioned in the laws. However, as the data analysis
indicated the so-called representation and participation of women in
Uzbekistan remained on the surface level. Depending on the reported
results, it could be stated that the presentation and participation were
limited and not efficient and actively implemented in the real-life context.