Investigation of the Rental Housing Situation in Iran / Bahar Abbasi

The decrease in the exchange rate, lack of government support, and absence of laws to protect tenants have caused a sharp increase in housing rent rates in Iran. Parvin, a sixty-year-old woman who has two daughters in college and currently lives in a marginalized neighborhood, says: “We haven’t been tenants for four years now and […]...

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Gender barriers to enjoying the right to leisure in Iran/ Bahar Abbasi

Spending leisure time is one of the indicators of lifestyle. Anthony Giddens considers the special feature of modernity to be dynamism, global influence, and increasing change in traditional customs. He believes that modernity allows individuals to break free from the constraints of choices imposed by tradition. In Iran, gender plays a determining role in how […]...

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