TY - JOUR ID - 83174 TI - Strategic analysis of empowerment strategies for women heads of households In informal settlements with an emphasis on entrepreneurship Case study: Ansar and Arvand neighborhoods in Shahid Rajaei town of Mashhad JO - Woman in Development & Politics JA - JWDP LA - en SN - 2538-3124 AU - Siaami, Qadir AU - Sattarivand, Maliheh AD - Assistant Professor; Faculty member of the Department of Urban Planning, Imam Reza International University, Mashhad, Iran. (Author) AD - Y1 - 2021 PY - 2021 VL - 19 IS - 3 SP - 405 EP - 427 KW - Empowerment KW - women heads of households KW - Informal Settlements KW - Mashhad DO - 10.22059/jwdp.2021.321773.1007993 N2 - Today, the increase of female-headed households, especially in informal settlements, is considered as a social harm, and in order to solve it, the empowerment approach in the economic field has attracted a lot of attention. Therefore, in order to solve economic problems and job creation in informal settlements, the entrepreneurial approach was proposed based on local capitals and potentials. Because using this approach can be very effective in organizing economic and employment conditions and promoting income generation in informal settlements and areas. The purpose of this study is to evaluation of empowerment strategies women heads of households in Arvand and Ansar neighborhoods of Shahid Rajaei town of Mashhad with emphasis on entrepreneurship in informal settlements. These neighborhoods are located in the third erea of the sixth district of Mashhad and the number of women heads of households in these neighborhoods reaches more than 2560 people. The method of the present research is a descriptive-analytical method which is done with a measurement and evaluation approach. Library and field methods and questionnaires have been used to collect information. Also, the analysis was performed based on the method of strategic analysis and using the tools of GIS and SPSS software. The results of this study indicate that factors such as expansion of women's business workshops (with a score of 6.65) in the field of economic dynamism, promoting neighborhood social cohesion (6.48) and creating women's social networks (6.11) in the field of social capital, attracting investment and providing facilities (6.29) and supporting the self-employment of women heads of households (6.17) in the field of urban management transformation; are effective in improving the economic and entrepreneurial status and empowerment of women heads of households in informal settlements. UR - https://jwdp.ut.ac.ir/article_83174.html L1 - https://jwdp.ut.ac.ir/article_83174_11a532cd49d10eaadad3ace2c6a6e28c.pdf ER -