Obstacles of Women Presence in Iranian Rural Management:

The presence of women in social and managerial fields is onethe indicator of social justice and development that leads to optimumuse of capabilities and potentials of half of the country’srural population. in the recent years, establishing public institutionof dehyary by the ministry of interior have provided new opportunityfor women presence in rural management. this study aimed toidentify women’s participation obstacles in rural management iniran, specifically in dehyary. the statistical population of this studywas 15-64 year – old females which were resident in rural areas ofoskou county. applying a proportional random sampling andcochran formula, 347 women were chosen to be surveyed assample. a questionnaire was used for data collection, which its facevalidity was approved by a panel of experts and its reliability wascalculated by cronbach’s alpha coefficient (?=0.84). the results revealedthat, negative attitudes and believes in rural community isthe most important obstacle for women to participate in rural management.furthermore, factor analysis categorized obstacles forwomen participation in six factors including cultural, personal, supportive,job-related, religious and economic constrains.