جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "rural women" در نشریات گروه "محیط زیست"

This qualitative research was conducted with the aim of investigating the challenges of rural women's environmental literacy extension in Kermanshah province. The study population consisted of experts’ environment, natural resources, agricultural extension and nongovernmental organizations in Kermanshah province. Samples were selected using purposeful and criterion sampling method. Content analysis of data showed that the lack of systematic, comprehensive and appropriate planning with context, the lack of accountability and responsibility for environmental issues, the lack of between and within sections communication, the lack of priority of rural women in environmental education, problems related to the provision of skilled force and adequate funding for education, especially for women's education, inefficient policies and organizational structure and the lack of environmental perspectives has led to the lack of planning and proper implementation of programs and environmental education, especially for women. The results of this study can help planners to improve the level of environmental education for rural women.

This survey research was conducted to study of environmental knowledge and behavior of rural women in Kermanshah Province. The population of the study consisted of 203,504 of rural women (15-64 years) in Kermanshah Province which 384 women were selected as sample using sample size determination table of Bartlett et al and multistage stratified random sampling technique. A questionnaire was developed for gathering information. Validity of the questionnaire confirmed by panel of  experts in agricultural development and extension, environment and natural resource, and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach’s alpha coefficients (knowledge=0.86, behavior = 0.93). Results showed the level of environmental knowledge of rural women was moderate (M=10.29 and S.D=3.29) and their environmental behavior is fairly good (M=12.19 and S.D=1.64). Findings showed that there was positive correlation between environmental knowledge and environmental behaviors. Also, there were positive correlations between environmental knowledge and education, and between environmental behavior and age. Kruskal wallis test indicated that there were significant differences between environmental knowledge of rural woman with different source of information and environmental behavior of rural woman with different work activities. Rural women with the source of information through publications and magazines have a higher level of environmental knowledge and gardeners also had a better environmental behavior. Results of this study can be used by planners to development of environmental program in order to increasing knowledge and promoting environmental behavior of rural women.

In twenty-first Rio Summit, women were considered as one of the main groups in achieving sustainable development. According to action policy at Rio summit, those policies which not treat men and women as same will not be successful in the long run. This paper aims to analyze the effects of the economic activities of rural women in environmental sustainability in rural areas of Boyer Ahmad.
The present study is analytical-descriptive and sample size is six villages in Ludap district. Hence the rural female population in Boyer Ahmad in 2011 census included 120,591. The samples consisted of 250 economically active rural women who were involved in the production which were randomly selected. In addition to the survey research data collection library, through field studies and questionnaires have been prepared. The data analysis was done by software Spss.
The results showed that the prime proportional to the increase in female labor force in rural economic activity and production of crops and livestock on the sustainability of rural areas will be added.
The results showed that the environmental sustainability of rural areas is improved with more distance from the city center finally, among the surveyed villages Dehnoo and Hyderabad Sofla were at the highest level and those Dahchel Ludap, Azadi, Ghalandari were in moderate level and Abmored village was at lowest rate.