Barriers to rural women's participation in extension activities in Tikrit district/salah Al-din governorate

The study aimed to identify the barriers to rural women's participation in extension activities in Tikrit District, Salah Al-Din Governorate. Additionally, it sought to determine the correlation between these barriers and independent factors, including (social status, family type, landholding size, and attitude toward extension activities). The research population comprised all rural women in Tikrit District who hold agricultural contracts and actively work on their farms, as recorded in the Tikrit Agricultural Division. The total number of these women was 451. After excluding the pilot sample of 30 respondents, the research population was reduced to 421. A simple proportional random sample of 27% was selected, resulting in 113 respondents for the study. The results indicated that the level of barriers faced by rural women in the study area was high, tending towards the average. This suggests that rural women encounter numerous challenges across all studied domains. The researchers recommend finding solutions to all the identified obstacles. Moreover, the statement