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  2. Women's education in Iran - Wikipedia

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    Beginning in 1980, female faculty and students were directed to wear Islamic dress by the Ministry of Education. The institution of veiling throughout Iran in 1981 extended the compulsion to women beginning at 6 years of age. At this time many schools limited teachers to instruct only same-gendered students. [3]

  3. List of countries by literacy rate - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 February 2025. This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (March 2022) World map of countries shaded according to the literacy rate for all people aged 15 and over This is a list of countries by literacy rate. The global ...

  4. Education in Iran - Wikipedia

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    The goal was to improve literacy in Iran cheaply and efficiently, which they also believed would improve workmanship. 200,000 young men and women participated in the Literacy Corps, teaching 2.2 million boys and girls and over a million adults. [12] In many cases, the volunteers would continue to work as educators after their conscription ended ...

  5. Women in Iran - Wikipedia

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    Iranian female education went from a 46 percent literacy rate to 83 percent. [70] Iran ranked 10th in terms of female literacy in the 1970s, and still holds this position today. [71] Women's labor force participation rate and literacy rate have been on the rise. Yet the unemployment rate for women compared to that of men is still considerably ...

  6. International rankings of Iran - Wikipedia

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    Female/Male ratio of literacy rate in 15-24yrs old population: 87 155 United Nations: Female/male ratio of literate 15–24 years old population: 0.99. Total female literacy rate of 76.2% in 2002, improving from 25.5% in 1976. [15] 2005 Number of pupils in primary education: 17 193 World Bank: 7,307,056 students in primary level schools 2005

  7. Women's Organization of Iran - Wikipedia

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    The Saveh Functional Literacy Project, cosponsored by UNESCO in 1973-1975, whose goal was to increase the literacy rate of rural Iranian women. The project was then turned over to the National Committee for World Literacy Program, which used it as a blueprint for launching similar programs in more than 7,000 villages throughout Iran. [20]

  8. Female education - Wikipedia

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    Although these educational organizations are gender inclusive, they mainly cater to women; in fact, 71% of enrollees are women between the ages of 15 and 45. Throughout the 1990s, two-thirds of enrollees in literacy programs were women, which directly led to a dramatic rise (20%) in female literacy rates in Iran from 1987 to 1997.

  9. Women's rights in Iran - Wikipedia

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    In Iran, some studies estimate the Type I and II female genital mutilation (FGM) among Iraqi migrants and Kurdish minority groups ranges from 40% to 85%. [ 147 ] [ 148 ] [ 149 ] In 2019, The United Nations criticized Iran's human rights record and suggested improvements to women's rights there.