THE JOURNAL OF WOMENS' STUDIES (JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH ON WOMEN'S STUDIES)
Year:2007 | Volume:1 | Issue:1|Papers Count:7

This article tries to investigate the perspectives and viewpoints on women by world-renounced mystics, power hungry poets and worshipper of exalted dignity during the age of ignorance. It discusses the ancient literature regarding women by the non-Islamic nations, which later came under the shadow of Islam and produced new literature on Islam with the help of fake Hadith and irregular interpretation of holy Quran. The present article tries to how that the anti-women literatures, which were reproduced on the basis of the above- mentiond three perspectives, were not from Islamic era and by any reason cannot be related to Islam.

In the one or two past decades, a noticeable development has been created in the increase of world awareness regarding gender dimensions of violent conflicts in the international arena and commitment to consideration of the gender perspective in peace keeping, peacemaking, peace building, prevention and conflict resolution has become apparent.Today, protection of women in armed conflicts and also attention to their role in peace keeping and peace building through their involvement in peace operations and also peace negotiations and especially executive activities after the end of conflict are among the most important subjects of Women's studies.This article is being presented with attention to the importance of the peace operations of the United Nations which today include not only military activities, but also comprehensive peace building activity and of Security Council Resolution 1325 regarding the subject of women, peace keeping and international security.The fundamental question is also regarding the necessity and effects of the increase in women's participation in international peace operations.

This is a semi-experimental study with Pre and post tests in 2 experimental groups (group counseling with cognitive – behavior approach and cognitive bibliotherapy) and 1 control group. The statistical sample composes of 30 women (30-40 years old), who obtained low and average score in Beck Depression Test.Before and after therapy intervention, the test has been administered. The statical methods used means one way variance analysis and t test for comparing the means in spss.The Findings show a significant difference in decreasing depression between the experimental groups and the control group (p < 0.05).The results also indicate that cognitive-behavior approach compared to cognitive bibliotherapy has been more effective on the women depression.

Women's rights have always been a subject of dispute in different societies. In the opinion of most people, in spite of the differences of time, place, race, color and religion, the main responsibility of women is to bear, cherish and make her child reach the age of puberty.But in reality, women have always impressed the social, historical, political and cultural structure, and also the beliefs of society. The impression is, of course, reciprocal; the society has also affected man.In Zoroastrian religion, women are basically treated in two different ways. In Gahan, as the oldest part of Avesta, women have very high status. They are, socially and legally equal to men. In later Avesta, woman is the source of impurity. She does not have the status of the Gahanic woman.The essay is attempted to clarify the similarities, if any, and contrasts of the Gahanic and later Avesta, regarding the status of woman.

Among the major policies of the fourth economic development plan of I.R. IRAN, there is a special attention toward creating job opportunities and reduction of unemployment rate, especially for women. The increasing percent of educated women states that, they would have greater portion in supplying professional labor force. So in the fourth economic development plan the characteristics of the labor force supply would face major changes and the portion of educated labor force (specially for women) will increase. This fact indicates that in future, creating more jobs, which are familiar with labor force requirements, is an undeniable necessity.In this survey we will study the trend of female labor force presence in three main economic sectors: Agriculture, Industry & services; while we introduce the different opinions about the characteristics and differences of both genders. Based upon theoretical principles, the selected variables, which in this study are supposed to influence the employment, are: Value Added, real wages, number of educated women & male labor force.In the fourth economic development plan of I.R. IRAN it is aimed to decrease the women unemployment rate by 9, 3% To achieve such a goal the number of employed women must rise from 2, 906, 622 in year 2004 to 4, 220, 826 in the end of 0 years plan (2009). Based upon this study, if the previous trend is maintained and basic and structural changes do not take place, the number of employed women in year 2009 would be 3, 051, 589 Compared with the total female labor force supply, which has been predicted by the plan; the female unemployment number would be then 1, 714, 635 and the rate would pass f. percent, which is considerably more than the beginning year of the plan (17, 8%).

This article is a review about some important points of Nezami,s Khosro and Shirin, with a moderate feminist approach. In this romance, from one hand, Shirin’s character seems to be very different from a traditional woman, and the indicator of this, is her activism and innovation in affairs of love. But, from the other hand, many of negative characteristics traditionally attributed to women, like infidelity, deceitful, coquettish, sorcery, etc. are attributed to Shirin. I want to compare these two features: principle version of romance and its famous interpretation that present Shirin like an ideal woman, and another version, less recognized, that manifest some aspect of beguiling woman. How much the principal personage of romance, Shirin, is an ideal and innovator, and how much is she a traditional and beguiling?