Woman in Development and Politics
Year:2021 | Volume:19 | Issue:3|Papers Count:9

The present study was conducted by combining previous research with the aim of providing a comprehensive picture of the components of the role of spouses in the entrepreneurship ecosystem of women. The research methodology is qualitative with a meta-synthesis approach. Accordingly, after searching the databases, in the period of 1385 to 1399 for domestic researches and 2000 to 2020 for foreign researches, 124 related studies were evaluated and finally, after multiple screenings, 62 articles were selected. Using seven-step model of Sandelowski and Barroso, the findings of 62 previous studies related to the objectives of the study were reviewed, aggregated, combined and interpreted, and with the help of coding method, 22 codes, 4 concepts and 2 components were identified and validated through Kappa Cohen coefficient. Then, according to the Iranian society, the appropriateness and the importance and priority of the identified concepts were determined and evaluated using the Delphi method. As a consequence, according to the findings of the research, the concepts of spouses' role on women's entrepreneurship ecosystem based on Delphi method and the degree of importance are obstacle, supportive, intervening and encouraging, respectively. In addition, the role model of spouses in entrepreneurship ecosystem of women was presented and drawn. Finally, in line with the research results, practical suggestions that can provide valuable insights to managers and policymakers seeking to improve women's entrepreneurship and increase entrepreneurial behavior in society are presented. furthermore, practical suggestions for the actors who play in the entrepreneurship ecosystem of women at the operational level are presented.

With the opening of the political space and the birth of civil society discourse and the relative development of public sphere in the mid of 1370s in Iran, it became possible for the urban women of Kurdistan to enter the public sphere and create feminine civil organizations in order to realize women’ s rights, demands and requests. These organizations, despite various structural constraints, have survived and worked so far. This study is about the ways in which feminine subjectivity has been constructed in these organizations, or how feminine subjectivity has been constructed in the contexts, features and activities of these organizations. We can also ask how do women, in the process of attempting to consolidate their own subject positions, redefine themselves in versus the male dominant other? To answer these questions, 18 active members and founders of these organizations have been interviewed. The findings showed that historical backgrounds, the prevalence of feminists’ views and the joining of women to occupational field are the main contexts of the development of these organizations.

Today, the increase of female-headed households, especially in informal settlements, is considered as a social harm, and in order to solve it, the empowerment approach in the economic field has attracted a lot of attention. Therefore, in order to solve economic problems and job creation in informal settlements, the entrepreneurial approach was proposed based on local capitals and potentials. Because using this approach can be very effective in organizing economic and employment conditions and promoting income generation in informal settlements and areas. The purpose of this study is to evaluation of empowerment strategies women heads of households in Arvand and Ansar neighborhoods of Shahid Rajaei town of Mashhad with emphasis on entrepreneurship in informal settlements. These neighborhoods are located in the third erea of the sixth district of Mashhad and the number of women heads of households in these neighborhoods reaches more than 2560 people. The method of the present research is a descriptive-analytical method which is done with a measurement and evaluation approach. Library and field methods and questionnaires have been used to collect information. Also, the analysis was performed based on the method of strategic analysis and using the tools of GIS and SPSS software. The results of this study indicate that factors such as expansion of women's business workshops (with a score of 6. 65) in the field of economic dynamism, promoting neighborhood social cohesion (6. 48) and creating women's social networks (6. 11) in the field of social capital, attracting investment and providing facilities (6. 29) and supporting the self-employment of women heads of households (6. 17) in the field of urban management transformation; are effective in improving the economic and entrepreneurial status and empowerment of women heads of households in informal settlements.

The main purpose of this research is to determine the impact of women's political empowerment in their environmental behaviors. The study adopted a quantitative design and used the descriptive correlational survey to collect data. The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire. A total of 200 Kermanshahi women were chosen as the sample using a multi-stage cluster random sampling. To analyze the data, SPSS and AMOS software were used. The findings demonstrated a statistically significant relationship between empowerment of women and their choice, but the relationship between women empowerment and their agency as well as participation was insignificant. In general, a significant relationship was found between women's empowerment and their environmental behaviors. The analysis of contextual variables further revealed that the respondents' age group, educational levels, and income status affect the degree of women's environmental behaviors. The interaction between these variables demonstrates that women who have more civil liberties (choice), education, and income will play a more successful role in environmental preservation. It may be suggested that women's political empowerment leads to making decisions that benefit particular social needs/concerns, and that these decisions would lead to stringent policies to improve the situation and protect the environment, promoting sustainable development.

Tourism is one of the most dynamic growing industries in the world. Tourism is done with different purposes such as visiting natural attractions, historical attractions as well as gaining physical and mental health, and in the meantime, health tourism is done with the aim of improving physical health and restoring mental health. Since a large part of the human resources active in the field of health tourism are female nurses, so the entrepreneurship of this segment of society is of particular importance, so that today one of the important indicators to evaluate and measure the development and progress of the sector Health tourism in each country is the level of participation of creative female nurses in providing appropriate medical services to sick tourists and seeking health before and after receiving medical services in the tourist destination. Therefore, in this study, identification and prioritization analysis of identification and prioritization of individual components of female entrepreneurial nurses in medical tourism has been performed using interpretive structural modeling (ISM) technique. Findings indicate that the components of motivation, creativity, self-confidence, bargaining power and job skills are among the most important and prominent individual components of female nurses in the field of entrepreneurship in medical tourism.

The effect of female presence on the board on the quality policy of financial informationAbstractWomen make a significant contribution to economic success, which in turn creates value and contributes to the well-being of others. Women pay more attention to social relations and are interested in performing their duties more effectively and are more likely to follow the rules, so their presence on the board of directors of companies can be fruitful and useful. In this study, the role of women's presence on the board on the quality of financial statement information is examined. To test the research hypotheses, the financial information of 125 companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange during the years 1390 to 1398 was used. In this study, the number of women in the composition of the board of directors was an independent variable and variables related to information quality (honest expression, timeliness and comparability) was a dependent variable. The results of testing the research hypotheses using regression method showed that the presence of women in the management structure of listed companies has increased the quality of company information in such a way that the presence of women among board members is the gender diversity of board members. Direct and meaningful on the honest expression of financial statements, the timeliness of financial reports and also increase the comparability of financial statements.

The best solution today To face waste challenges include strengthening social resources and human capital, including housewives who spend most of their time at home playing a very effective role in environmental issues and household waste management. Understanding this is important current study has been done with the aim of Identification the role of social capital in household waste management by women. For this study, the survey method has been used. The statistical population includes women living in Sirjan. Using random cluster sampling method, 384 people were randomly selected as the sample. To determine the sample size of The cochran's formula was used. To collect research data of the researcher-made questionnaire was used. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were confirmed, Research data were analyzed using Pearson correlation tests and structural modeling in Lisrel and SPSS statistical software. The results showed that the relationship between social capital and its components is social trust, social participation, social security, social norms and social cohesion with Household waste management has a positive and significant relationship. Accordingly, one of the factors that can be effective in household waste management is social capital management.