m soltani - Master Student Watershed, Department of natural resources, Sari University, Iran
m Kalehhouei - Master Student Watershed, Department of natural resources, Sari University, Iran
a soltani - Faculty of Member, Dept. of Agriculture, Payam Noor University, Iran
r mirzaei - Faculty of Member, Dept. of School of Social Sciences, Payam Noor University, Iran

Attitude to the value and importance of women throughout history have been different. The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) while respecting the Status of Women says Women are like candles and lights in the house where the woman is clearly not happy .From the perspective of women with disabilities Plato and Aristotle are weaker than women are qualitative and quantitative differences between men and women and their talents believes Goth woman and man hours helpless man knows Napoleon s partner says that if there were no women who trained the world s greats Victor Hugo believes that he needs for comfort women and development is not possible without each other they) Shafi-abadi, 2000). Major force women to transform a potential source for developing the rural economy and increase the growth rate of food production are increasing. They constitute half the population of rural communities and plays an important role in economic and social development as a responsible citizen, mother and worker. Rural women is a very broad scope. Parental, wet and drying, daily food preparation and processing multiple aquifers, doing laundry, caring for family members and many other tasks that rural women are constantly and daily activities except for family members do. All of these activities to reduce costs and increase livelihood and providing for the family s welfare is done. The aim of this study was to illustrate the role and activities of rural women and the impact of these activities is to improve the welfare of rural families. In this study, taking into account the problems of society and utilizes resources effectively connected as well as comments and valuable results sociologists in the afternoon to the conclusion that human development as a key characteristic of the role of women consider it. investing more rural women and their education will increase rural economic development and welfare of the household.

Women, Economic issues, Rural Development, Family