چکیده:
The article addresses the mutual relationship between environmental improvements and improvement in social status of women. The main question of this article is: Are there any relationships between improvement in environment protection and promotion in the situation of women? The theoretical framework includes Hatfield’s view about the existence of communities between the public and private spheres on one hand and the division of labor theory by gender on the other. Answering the question the documents of some environmental projects in Iran have been chosen. The goal of these projects was to protect environment through local communities and non-governmental organizations’ participation. Content analysis is the method has been selected for implementing the research. A reverse questionnaire was prepared for data collection. The population includes 61 projects in various fields and locations throughout the country. The data indicates some kind of co-variance between the two variables namely environmental improvements and the social status of women in local communities.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Protection of Environment and women’s social position in Iran1 (A Community Level Study) Soheila Alirezanejad2 Associate Professor of sociology, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University Garmsar Branch, Iran Received 8 July 2013 Revised 22 July 2013 Accepted 8 September 2013 The article addresses the mutual relationship between environmental improvements and improvement in social status of women.
The main question which this article seeks to answer is therefore: "Is there any relationships between improving women’s access to public domain and the improvement of environmental conditions?" Theoretical Approach When discussing the relationship between gender and environment, the first theory that comes to mind is eco- feminism.
Therefore, based on the need for change in conditions of both, they believe that environmental supporters and eco-feminists have a common goal described as reversing negative cultural values towards women and nature in the society (modern society).
Based on theoretical framework in separation of public and private areas for participation of both genders and the presence of women as a link between the two areas, it is expected that within the local community, women’s social relationships are limited and defined within a predefined areas.
The data from review of reports indicates the following: 55% of women from local communities participated in various stages of project implementation including project definition, its execution, and monitoring and evaluation of the results.
Based on the set of indicators selected in environmental projects to better understand women’s conditions, a more comprehensive variable named "Gender characteristics" 2 was identified.