Iranian Sustainable Building Scientific Association International Journal of Urban Management and Energy Sustainability 2538-1628 6 1 2025 01 01 Studying the design of urban spaces in approach to gender justice (Comparative comparison between Districts 1 and 6 of Tehran City) 257 270 727551 10.22034/ijumes.2024.727551 EN Choman Kanaani Department of Architecture, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran 0009-0002-0580-0755 Journal Article 2024 04 12 The presence and use of urban spaces are the inherent rights of every citizen, regardless of gender. Gender blindness in urban spaces hinders women's participation in these environments. It is evident that the needs of women and men differ significantly in biological, social, and cultural dimensions; therefore, their behavioral patterns in urban spaces are also not identical. A gender equity approach seeks to identify these patterns and the needs of women, and to facilitate their integration into urban spaces, thereby enabling greater female participation and preventing their exclusion due to gender-based restrictions. The aim of this study is to analyze urban spaces concerning the level of female participation in Districts 1 and 6 of Tehran. For this purpose, these two districts were selected through a comparative method, and data were collected via field surveys and document studies. The assessment of women's status was conducted across functional-operational, environmental, aesthetic-experiential, and institutional-management dimensions. The obtained data were then analyzed using a descriptive-analytical approach with Friedman and Spearman tests. The results indicated that there is a significant relationship between gender equity and the studied districts, as well as between female participation and the promotion of gender justice. It can be concluded that there is no significant relationship between the functional-operational components and the creation of equal opportunities for women’s participation in the examined districts, suggesting that improvements and upgrades are necessary in the functional-operational and institutional-management dimensions<strong>.</strong> https://www.ijumes.com/article_727551_506d23e2b4895f33280b507bdb01ff2b.pdf