The importance of the role and rights of women in the revitalization of urban spaces (Case study: Jomhuri Eslami St., Mahabad)
In this study, an attempt is made to analyze the dimensions of the role of women's rights in the urban space. Due to the nature of the subject, addressing the issue of presence and participation from the perspective of women's rights and not just the dimensions of the quality of urban space is one of the innovative aspects of this research. For this purpose, through interviews and questionnaires, random sampling method was performed on 200 women referring to Jomhuri Eslami Street and the required data were collected. The type of research is applied and the analysis is done by quantifying qualitative data using SPSS software. Accordingly, two categories of measures focused on the requirements of women's presence and participation and the diversity of women's presence and participation in urban space were questioned. Based on the results, it was found that, firstly, the score of the criteria attributed to women's rights (which indicates the requirements for the presence and participation of women in urban space) is higher than the score of criteria attributed to the right to difference (which indicates the need for a diverse range of women in space). Second, there is a significant relationship between age, marital status, level of education and length of stay in space with the right to the city. In most of the questions, the women respondents admitted that they face serious restrictions on being in public. Using path analysis for factors related to women's rights and participation was identified and two measures of diversity of presence of people with the aim of spending leisure time, women's spaces are the least effective. On the other hand, the four measures of diversity of current activities in space, security, proper lighting of the space at night and the absence of hidden spaces,