How Rural Women's Perception of their Empowerment

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran

2 Master student of Rural Development, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Entrepreneurship and Rural Development, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran

Abstract

The present research intends to take this issue into the question that rural women have what perception of their empowerment. The research method is qualitative approach using grounded theory. The study population consists of rural women resident in 11 villages in the suburb of Ilam which is based on purposive sampling 30 of them were interviewed semi-structured. The strategy of data analysis is based on three-steps open coding axial and selective, which its product was drawn in a paradigmatic model. Accordingly, 35 concepts and 11 categories were obtained. Which basic theory in derived model is Hegemonic Discourse of Gender. According to this theory, studied rural women are encountered with obstacles such as closed economic system, lack of institutional support, lack of access to these centers and cultural barriers to their ability.

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Quarterly Journal of Social Development (Previously Human Development)
Volume 14, Issue 4 - Serial Number 56
VOL. 14, NO. 4, Summer 2020
August 2020
Pages 1-30

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