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e. During the late 20th and early 21st centuries in Iran, women's rights have been severely restricted, compared with those in most developed nations. The World Economic Forum 's 2017 Global Gender Gap Report ranked Iran 140, out of 144 countries, for gender parity. In 2017, in Iran, females comprised just 19% of the paid workforce, with seven ...
As of early 2007, nearly 70 percent of Iran's science and engineering students are women. [40] 27.1% female ministers in government put Iran among first 23 countries in early 2000s, [41] 2.8–4.9% female parliamentarians in past 15 years put it among least 25 countries. [42]
JPM Interfaith Award (2004) Legion of Honour (2006) Signature. Shirin Ebadi (Persian: شيرين عبادى, romanized: Širin Ebādi; born 21 June 1947) is an Iranian Nobel laureate, lawyer, writer, teacher and a former judge and founder of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. In 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her ...
Videos on social media show women and girls walking with their hair uncovered, even as the UN warned of "expanded repressive measures" by Iran’s government. Women in Iran "still live in a system ...
The Iranian Women's Rights Movement (Persian: جنبش زنان ایران), is the social movement for women's rights of the women in Iran. The movement first emerged after the Iranian Constitutional Revolution in 1910, the year in which the first women's periodical was published by women. The movement lasted until 1933 when the last women's ...
September 16, 2024 at 5:02 PM. [EPA] Iran's new president has said that morality police will no longer "bother" women over the wearing of the mandatory hijab headscarf, days after the UN warned ...
Charged with three crimes (acquitted of two charges). Awaiting verdict. Fatemeh Khishvand (Persian: فاطمه خویشوند, known by her Instagram username of Sahar Tabar, Persian: سحر تبر; born 16 June 2001), is an Iranian influencer who is known for her use of cosmetic surgery in images of herself posted to Instagram. [1][2] It was ...
The Women's Organization of Iran (WOI; Persian: سازمان زنان ایران) was a non-profit organization created in 1966, mostly run by volunteers, with local branches and centers for women all over the country, determined to enhance the rights of women in Iran. The WOI had committees working on health, literacy, education, law, social ...