Women Mental Imagine and Objective Experience on Security (Case Study: Women Working in the Unofficial Sector of Hamadan Town)

“Women in the cities” is a new field of urban studies. Vitality of public space and improving the quality of environment, depend on the presence of people and social interactions among them regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, social grouping and individual abilities. In humanistic urbanism, it is emphasized on the needs of specific groups such as women, children, the elderly and the disabled, and their easy access to urban spaces. Feeling secured among women from both mental image of urban spaces and objective experiences are two key concepts of feeling secured or fearing from space, which could affect women activities in the society. The experience of fear affects their presence in the public sphere. In fact, in a gendered space, women security and feeling secured are reduced, and a reverse relationship between space and security emerges. The method of this research is survey, in which 205 women filled in the questionnaire. Results showed that mental index is better than the objective experience, and more than 50 percent of the population, experience insecurity objectively.