Gender and Reduction of Poverty in Iran

Subject Areas : Iranian Sociological Review

Tahereh Mirsardoo ¹ (Assistant Professor,Department of social sciences, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University , Garmsar, Iran)
Kristin Soraya Batmanghelichi ² (PhD student at the department of Middle East , South Asian and African Studies, Columbia University. U.S.A)

Received: 2013-10-03 Accepted : 2013-10-03 Published : 2011-01-01

Keywords: Poverty, Gender, female-headed households, Inequality, Poverty line,