ivorced Women and Family Supervision Experience: A Qualitative Study (Case study: divorced family-headed women of Farsan

Considering an increase in the number of women –headed families and the problems associated with these types of households in recent years, the present study seeks to understand and narrate the lived experience of divorced family-headed women. This research has been done by qualitative and descriptive phenomenological method on 10 divorced family-headed women in the city of Farsan. Participants were selected through a purposive sampling and snowball method from divorced women covered by Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation. The lived experience of female-headed households was classified under the three main themes of ‘supervision as redefinition of relationships with community’, ‘supervision as an unpleasant emotional experience’, and ‘Supervision as another form of social life’. The results showed that female-headed women are faced many challenges in their family and social life, requiring the policy makers to address their social problems and reduce the social imbalance of these households.