Volume 23 (2025)
Volume 22 (2024)
Volume 21 (2023)
Volume 20 (2022)
Volume 19 (2021)
Volume 18 (2020)
Volume 17 (2019)
Volume 16 (2018)
Volume 15 (2017)
Volume 14 (2016)
Volume 13 (2015)
Volume 12 (2014)
Volume 11 (2013)
Volume 10 (2012)
Volume 9 (2011)
Volume 8 (2010)
Volume 7 (2009)
Volume 6 (2008)
Volume 5 (2007)
Volume 4 (2006)
Volume 3 (2005)
Volume 2 (2004)
Empowering women to participate in development

Mahmoud Ketabi; Behjat Yazkhasti; Zahra Farokhi Rastabi

Volume 1, Issue 7 , November 2003

Abstract
  Empowerment is a multi-staged process in which women’s growing awareness of their inner needs and wants strengthens their confidence and ability to implement their goals. This research studies the factors related to women’s empowerment. The theoretical framework is women’s empowerment ...  Read More

How rural women spend their time

Shahrzad Salehin

Volume 1, Issue 7 , November 2003

Abstract
  Rural women spend a considerable portion of their time and energy performing activities that are not calculated in production and the national product. Women’s increasing inequality and decreasing resource benefits are glaring reflections of this condition. This study aims to identify women’s ...  Read More

Women's access to banking system credit

Hamid Dihim; Masoumeh Vahabi

Volume 1, Issue 7 , November 2003

Abstract
  This study applies empowerment theory to examine women’s access to the credit system. The theory distinguishes five stages of welfare, awareness, access, participation, and control and - focuses on gender equality in the development process. Survey research was conducted in 1 the city of Tehran ...  Read More

The evolution of gender socialization

Elham Hominfar

Volume 1, Issue 7 , November 2003

Abstract
  Gender socialization process, as a basis for the reproduction of gender inequalities, has undergone major changes. As societies move from traditional to modern conditions and old structures and values are questioned, re-defined male and female identities require examination by social scientists. The ...  Read More

The importance of investing in women's education

Mostafa Emadzadeh

Volume 1, Issue 7 , November 2003

Abstract
  This article argues that investment in female education not only reduces the gender gap, but also leads to greater efficiency, increasing production, and higher income. The study is based on human capital theory, with an emphasis on gender. Secondary data was utilized. The findings reveal that increased ...  Read More

Women's social participation

Zhaleh Shaditalab

Volume 1, Issue 7 , November 2003

Abstract
  Development experts have distinguished citizenship control as the highest form and degree of participation. In such participation, people have decision-making power in issues that affect their daily lives. The identification of variables that ensure women and men’s ability to control society’s ...  Read More

Modernization of women active in the cultural field

Zahra Roozy Bidgoli

Volume 1, Issue 7 , November 2003

Abstract
  Rapid technological and cultural changes of the past two centuries in developed countries and their effects on modernization in other societies, including Iran, have preoccupied many social scientists. This study aims to measure the level of modernity among women who are active in the cultural realm ...  Read More