Social Sustainability of Rural Women Assessing Sonqor County

Authors

1 MSc. Razi University ofKermanshah

2 Assistant Professor, Razi University

Abstract

Social sustainability is among the important dimensions of sustainable development as it consists of various and extensive aspects of sustainable development. Thus studying social sustainability of rural women is a prominent ubject in the process of establishing socially sustainable development since it can illuminate women's social situation, putting emphasis on their role in the process of development. Through quantitative paradigm, and systematic approach, this research aims to determine, codify and classify rural women's ocial sustainability indicators. To do this, we have reviewed literature on social ustainability, prepared questionnaire and decided on the level of rural women ustainability in different districts based on Morris model, to define social ustainability status of rural women in Sonqor County. Statistical population of this research consists of rural women (15 to 60 years old) of Sonqor county ~=21530). According to the findings, the social status of rural women is not sustainable in any of the eight districts of Sonqor County. In six districts the social statuses of rural women are semi-sustainable, and in other two districts they are unsustainable.

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