Providing leisure time is just as important as providing health and education for a quality life. This emphasis is made by the members of the World Leisure Organization in their charter, which was adopted in 2000. Yes, the World Leisure Organization, an international non-governmental organization that specializes in the topic of leisure time and, as the organization itself states, “strives to use leisure time as a force for human growth, progress, and well-being.”
This emphasis is not just a humanistic or civil gesture from a non-governmental organization, but it also has a legal basis. In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, leisure time is mentioned as one of the fundamental and essential human rights, along with rights such as life, health, hygiene, education, and freedom, which in itself shows its importance in human life. Especially in today’s world where fatigue and boredom caused by the pressure and stress of work and living conditions have become an

Leisure time in Iran; a time that does not exist.

There is no clear statistics on how Iranian citizens spend their leisure time. Various studies that have been conducted in this area have either been too local and specific (in a small city or county) or their findings have been too general to be trusted.

For example, in a research conducted by IranPoll (a polling institute based in Canada) in August 2017 on how Iranian citizens spend their 24-hour day, the majority of their time is spent on sleeping, eating and drinking, work, household activities, sports and leisure, worship, traveling, and watching TV and movies. The interesting point in this research is that traveling is separated from leisure time and it is not clear what is meant by leisure and the activities done during that time.

In another example, statistics published by the Statistical Center of Iran in May 2019 show that Iranian citizens spend the most time during the day on personal care and maintenance, with 80% of that time being spent on sleeping. Therefore, the statistics for

Does having more money mean having more free time?

Different factors affect the way and quality of people’s access to the right to leisure. Factors such as personal interests and preferences, gender, environmental conditions, and ultimately the socio-economic status in which the individual is located. However, the performance of these factors and their level of influence is not constant and may vary depending on each individual and the conditions in which they live.

For example, for someone who has no interest in music, it does not make a difference whether a concert is held near their place of residence or not. Also, the price of tickets for this concert and its affordability or unaffordability will not be a concern for them. It is clear that for this person, environmental conditions such as permission to hold a music concert, how it is organized, the possibility of attending with family, and even the possibility of dancing in it will not have any effect on their leisure time.

On the other hand, for another person, the same example may have completely opposite results. This means that