
Position of Iranian Rural Women in Sustainable Development Process: a Case Study of Chaharmahal - va - Bakhtiyari Province | ||
روستا و توسعه | ||
Article 3, Volume 9, Issue 3, December 2006, Pages 73-98 PDF (347.4 K) | ||
Authors | ||
Seyyed Hedayatollah Nouri* ; Seyyed Ramin Ghaffari | ||
Abstract | ||
Rural women of Iran have long achieved a prominent position in sustainable development process, and rural women of Chaharmahal - va - Bakhtiyari province are not an exception. This article uses scientific methods to explain such a position. It defines and classifies variables that are indicators of socio-economic status of rural women as well as variables related to rural development. It adopts Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Pressure-State Respond Model to explain rural women roles in sustainable rural development. Results indicate that spatial structure of each particular homogenous area, i.e., flat land-peasant and nomadic-mountainous ones will affect socio-economic status of rural women in existing environmental conditions (in terms of the degree of development sustainability). On the other hand, it has a significant relationship with general skill endowment of women and their access to and control of production resources. To promote socio-economic position of rural women the following steps should be taken: enhancing educational levels, organizing training and extension courses, promoting women's access to and control of production resources by supplying low price banking facilities, establishing and expanding production cooperatives and non-governmental organizations, etc. for women, and concentrating on potentials in each homogenous area. | ||
Keywords | ||
Rural Women/ Sustainable Rural Development/ Case Study/ Chaharmahal-va-Bakhtiyari (Province)/ Rural Regions | ||
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