A survey about the promotion of women faculty members of Islamic Azad university- Central Tehran branch and the cognition of their problems and obstacles

Statement of Problem: gender inequality is noticeable in the realm of science which causes the marginal position of women in this field. History of women shows that in many cases, women were less important than men or has been ignored. Evidence indicate that the status of women in Iran, at different levels of higher education, like the other countries despite the increasing number of women in universities, the number of women in M.A/M.S and Ph.D. is confronted with a significant decrease. This matter is also true about the number of women faculty members, Institute of Higher Education statistics show that among 79617 persons (65/22 percent), full-time faculty members and visiting lecturers of universities and institutions of higher education, only 18.25 percent allocated to women and 81.75 to men. The main aim of this study was the investigation of promotional status of faculty members of Islamic Azad University. This study aims to examine the sociological survey of women faculty members of Central Tehran Branch and pay attention to their problems and barriers. This is a descriptive (correlation) study, including all female professors in Azad University, Central Tehran Branch. The sample size was 300 women who were selected thru simple random sampling. Data was collected based on background information questionnaire and tests (30 questions) was conducted. The analysis of the data is carried out at descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation test. findings show that direct positive relation exists between scientific improvement of women faculty members with the socio-economic status (ratio 03 / 0), organizational structure (ratio 02 / 0), interested in teaching (coefficient 029 / 0), familiarity with regulations and circulars Research (ratio 031 / 0), the amount of familiarity with the Internet and virtual spaces (ratio 019 / 0), the amount of familiarity with foreign languages (ratio 024 / 0), educational and empirical features (024 / 0), and demographic - social characteristics (coefficient 00 / 0 percent). According to the findings, the status of women in universities or in other social positions, while the problematic position, would improve every day. Women's awareness about their situation is rising. Therefore, it appears that rather than insistence on extreme ideas about gender, it`s better that women take place in decision making and policy processes and cultural attitudes more than focusing upon gender. Individuals, whether male or female, lack of gender attitude, consider as human with dignity, rights and obligations, this matter requires that focusing on gender ignored in the university and organizational structure, so instead of giving priority to a particular gender, pay attention to their abilities and merits of individuals for management and executive positions.