ارزشيابي طرح تسهيل گران زن روستايي در ايجاد ارتباط دوسويه و افزايش مشاركت زنان روستايي در عرصه هاي مختلف توسعه روستايي

An evaluation of effect of "Facilitator Project" in Increasing Rural Women’s Case studying: )Mazol village of central district, Nieshabour city)

From the early 1970S, cooperative approaches, especially rural women’s cooperation in development received great attention at national and international levels. Drawing rural women’s participation in development requires proper strategies in order to inspire existability, mobility, empowering and self-respect spirit. One of these strategies is "facilitating project" in which women chosen as "facilitators" or "propagation assistants" assist rural women in various economic-social aspects, and provide them with a higher possibility of participation in cooperative fields. Since 1380, "facilitating project" has been carried out as a pilot study in Mazol village of Neishabour by Jahad Agriculture Organization in Khorasan province. In development and planning literature, "assessment" is one of necessary processes of planning, and considering its importance and improvement of further projects, making decisions and planning of sustainable development it is more vital than ever before. This article, has utilized analytic and descriptive methods and field research in 18 sample villages of this district as well as interviewing 375 rural women.The results show that this project has promoted facilitator women’s self-confidence so as to lead to greater participation of women in rural development plans which can be a suitable pattern for other rural women. Nevertheless the project didnʹt achieve its assigned aims and didnʹt affect the reciprocal relationship between governmental agents and rural women. Younger and more educated facilitators, financial and non-financial governmental support, supervision on project administration, repeated elections, length of facilitating project, all contribute to project improvement.