Women's Goverment in the village of ask

Women’s governance in three villages of “Ask”, “Aphoos”, and “Toocheh Ghaz” has been reported in Iran. The aim of this article is to present the processes of the ceremony in Ask village which is located in 90 km. from north- east of the capital city (Tehran). The methods of the study are participant observation and review on secondary data and documents. In the past, this ceremony had different functions of economic, social, political and even military. But it seems, at present only social function has remained. Women’s governance is established in the middle of spring, when all the men of village are out of the village to attend another ceremony. The day before, village women elect a woman with high capacity in leadership, management skills and experience. Then few women are selected as ministers in the government structure. No men are allowed to stay in village and women voluntarily take the responsibility to guard the village. Men come back to the village in the evening and women governance is over.