Center for Women's Studies and Research, University of Tehran International Journal of Women's Research 2322-3901 1 1 2012 04 01 An Evaluation of the Impact of Development Process on Female Employment in Iran An Evaluation of the Impact of Development Process on Female Employment in Iran 5 19 21838 EN Zahra Pishgahifard Ali Ghanbari Samira Motaghi Afshin Motaghi Journal Article Abstract Human development and the importance of focusing on women’s participation has become one of the main concerns and issues attracting the attention of many people. In fact, many gender-related models and patterns have been proposed in this regard. Accordingly, this paper is an attempt to evaluate the effects of development process on women’s participation in Iran using an econometrics method (OLS), and to show the impact of economic, social and cultural development from 1985 to 2004 on the employment of Iranian women. The results of this study show that during this period, socio-cultural development had a positive effect on female employment while economic development had a negative impact. https://ijwr.ut.ac.ir/article_21838_d4469ef60d8c2f45230bdb7ca7e3e053.pdf