،The present study has been conducted with the aim of identifying the factors affecting the empowerment of rural women in the handicrafts sector, with a specific emphasis on carpet weaving in Kurdistan Province. Methodologically, this research is applied in its objective, field-based in terms of variable control, and descriptive-survey in nature. In essence, this study is a descriptive research of both exploratory and confirmatory types. The statistical population of the research includes rural women active in the carpet weaving sector in Kurdistan Province, from whom 200 individuals were selected as the statistical sample using stratified random sampling and a systematic approach. The results from exploratory factor analysis indicated that the most significant factors influencing the empowerment of rural women, in order of importance, are: Vocational and Technical Factors (25.57%), Market and Commercial Networks Factors (15.71%), Economic-Entrepreneurial Factors (13.68%), and Interpersonal Factors (10.53%). Collectively, these factors explain 62.5% of the variance in the dependent variable. The results from first-order confirmatory factor analysis also confirmed the theoretical model of the research. Furthermore, second-order confirmatory factor analysis revealed that among the second-order factor loadings, the Vocational-Technical construct (0.56) has the most significant impact, followed by Market and Commercial Networks (0.45), Interpersonal (0.38), and Economic-Entrepreneurial (0.31) constructs, respectively, in influencing the empowerment of rural women in the carpet weaving sector