Women in Public Space: A Comparative Study of Women in Women-Only Parks and Gender-Mixed Parks in Iran
Using “fortress model” of urban planning as part of normative and ideological endeavors to Islamize the society, Iranian Islamic government has systematic implemented gender-segregation policies, among others, in public urban spaces. The most recent efforts in a long line of policies and practices include “women-only parks” claimed to be designed and administrated entirely by women to accommodate
