توانمندسازي زنان سرپرست خانواده از طريق مشاوره گروهي، آگاه سازي و كارآفريني

Head House Holder Women Empowerment Through Group Counselling, Awareness and Entreneurship

This article is going to study the effects of Individual and occupational awareness and entrepreneurship training programs on self-esteem and entrepreneurial trends of head house holder women in Tehran. Participants were 193 head house holder women, 18-58 years old selected randomly from four women centers in Tehran. Two centers were supported by Tehran Welfare Organization in East and west districts, one helped by Imam KJiomeini Relief Committee, and another one was affiliated to Mehr Womenʹs NGO. Three questionnaires were given to a total number of 193 head house holder (81 women from East Welfare Center; 43 from West Welfare Center; 35 women from Relief Committee;and 34 from Mehr Womenʹs NGO). The instruments used in this study were Personal & Occupational Information Questionnaire; Coopersmithʹs Self-Esteem Inventory; and Entrepreneurship Evaluation Questionnaire. In general, four sample groups Participated in awareness and entrepreneurship training programs for 280 hours (70 hours for each group). Design of the study was semi-experimental without control group.One week after the final session, post-test was given to all groups. Hypotheses of the study were: individual and occupational awareness and entrepreneurship training programs are effective on self-esteem and entrepreneurial trends of women; and there is relationship between self-esteem and entrepreneurial trends of women. In order to analyze the data descriptive statistics, such as mean, standard deviation; and inferential statistics including t-test, regression were employed. The results of the study indicate that, individual and occupational awareness and entrepreneurship training programs are effective on self-esteem and entrepreneurial trends of head house holder women. Also, there is positive and significant relationship between self-esteem and entrepreneurial trends of women. Finaly. it was suggested that individual and occupational awareness and entrepreneurship training programs are in need to encourage women lo enter to the labor market.