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Women have special needs for the presence and activity in urban spaces. The main purpose of research is to identify and present the spatial and cultural dimensions and components of urban spaces in accordance with the design of these spaces for the presence and activity of women in them. This article is a fundamental research and in terms of purpose is a descriptive-analytical one and in terms of the logic of conducting research is deductive. The three proposed components of the Canter, including meaning (women's immunity), function (raising the level of women's presence) and physical body (safe space), regardless of creating social barriers and harms, have created limitations for women; And creating appropriate urban spaces that respond to the needs of women and the relationship between the environment and their activities, affects the urban space. In the Stuart Hall model, "meaning" has been the basis of any event, phenomenon, or place and he equates this kind of meaning with culture. Paying attention to the effective criteria on the level of women's activity and creating an urban space in accordance with the activities in it, the amount of presence in urban spaces and sense giving to the physical body by strengthening the sense of place, also provides a way for women to function in that place.

Keywords: Urban spaces, women's places, Canter's model, safe space, social harms, Stuart Hall cultural theory

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