Strategies for Developing Women's Home-Based Businesses with an Emphasis on a Vulnerable Hamadan City Neighborhood

Authors

1 Agricultural Extension and Education Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Iran

2 Agricultural extension and education dept., faculty of agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina university, Hamedan, Iran

Abstract

For the empowerment of women in the Mohammadieh region with varying levels of skills, knowledge, and literacy, it is possible to recommend suitable employment opportunities based on the investigated capacities and potentials. Due to the fact that this region was already rural, the women of this area are better able to perform certain tasks and activities, such as the preparation of homemade dairy products, basic sewing, packaging and processing of edible items and spices. These activities do not necessitate a great deal of capital, and all women can readily manage them

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