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Introduction:
Introduction: Inferior living is the cause of many people’s troubles and injuries at different levels, from the weakening of social organization to malnutrition, disease, illiteracy, low level of health, etc. For this reason, dealing with inferiority and reducing poverty has been one of the most important concerns and preoccupations of politicians and policy makers, social planners and academics, and in the last few decades, it has been the focus of countries, international organizations and numerous circles in different ways and ways. has been placed, so that the 1980s has been named the decade of the forgotten poor, and the 1990s has been named the decade of war against poverty or change in poverty alleviation strategies.
Although poverty and inferiority is a common phenomenon, different human groups face it in different ways. Women’s poverty is more common compared to men’s poverty, the reason is that women do not have the necessary facilities and tools to deal with poverty. Despite the fact that numerous and at the same time scattered research studies have been conducted in the field of female heads of the household, the study of the lived experience of this group of women and their silence and their understanding of the conditions in which they are trapped has rarely been done. In this research, an attempt was made to present a more realistic picture of the situation and life of the lower class women so that it can be used to evaluate social policies and criticize power relations. Top-down policies have caused the voice of the lower class to be unheard and to ignore the understanding of their lived experience. Knowing and understanding the experience of the lower class not only expands our knowledge, but also helps us to have a realistic evaluation of policies and to criticize the economic-political contexts that are the factors that create the position of inferiority. Therefore, an effort will be made to investigate their subjugated status by relying on the lived experience of welfare organization clients in Kashan city, so that through it, the way subjugated people face and understand their situation, the presence or absence of a critical perspective in their thinking, the possibility of questioning The reality of their lives should be understood.
Method:
The research approach is of a qualitative type, which was used to collect data from in-depth interviews and thematic analysis method was used for data analysis.
Findings:
The findings show that women experience inferiority with the help of themes and concepts such as belief in the existence of discrimination in society, feelings of helplessness, insecure economic conditions, feelings of powerlessness, unstable family relationships, thirst for external support and non-empowering organizational supports.
Discussion:
Due to the unstable economic conditions such women have and the fact that they are discriminated in the society, they are deprived of access to the sources of power in the society and they always feel helpless, and this factor causes them not only to get out of this cycle of poverty and they do not take any actions, but their dependence on external support increases.
Ethical considerations
This research respects the rights of all participants in the implementation of the research and their information is reserved. In using the research of others, it has respected their rights and has been faithful to the references. It has been loyal to scientific frameworks and principles in using theoretical foundations as well as research method (thematic analysis method).
Type of Study:
orginal |
Received: 2023/04/25 | Accepted: 2023/11/25 | Published: 2024/05/3
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