In many developing countries including Iran, the presence of women in the labor market has not been increased with regard to their level of education. Similarly, there are plenty of obstacles hindering women economic activities outside their houses. The main purpose of this study was to analyze Socio-Cultural barriers of rural women entrepreneurship in Ilam province. The research was an applied study type and due to the lack of control variables, it was considered as a semi-empirical and a casual–relative kind of research. Population of the study consisted of all entrepreneur women located at various rural areas of Ilam. A proportional stratified random sampling method was applied. The sample size was chosen up to 310 numbers of the target group to be able to use Cochrane formula. The main tool of the research was questionnaire which was developed in three main sections. Analysis and data processing was done at two steps. The descriptive statistics (central and dispersion parameters) and analysis (Spearman correlation coefficient) were used. Results of this study showed that not institutionalized culture of entrepreneurship in society is located in the first Priority. Entrepreneur\'s inability to communicate with others, Lack of coordination between institutions involved in entrepreneurship, Inability to benefit from the opportunities, Negative attitude of banks and financial institutions to women entrepreneurs, Place restrictions on women entrepreneurs for investment, High literacy rate of rural women entrepreneurs, Lack of investment security in the field of women entrepreneurship and Distrust the people and authorities to the women entrepreneurs are located in the second to nine priority. Correlation analysis between variables indicated that there is a significant relationship between socio - cultural variables with the rural women\'s entrepreneurship.\n\nKey Words: Rural women, Entrepreneurship, business

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