Police investigators next to a car splashed with acid that was reportedly thrown at a woman in the central Iranian city of Isfahan. Iranian officials said they are investigating a series of acid attacks on women that occurred in the historic city of Isfahan in recent days. The official IRNA news agency quoted police official […]
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Widespread Elimination of Women from Tehran City Administration “for Their Comfort”
A Tehran Municipality manager announced on July 13, 2014 that henceforth all managers in the organization should use male employees in their offices, and the Municipality offices should be segregated by gender. Farzad Khalafi, Deputy Media Director at the Municipality’s Communications and International Center told reporters that “This decision was made for the comfort […]
Women in Iran’s factories face hardship, discrimination
Female factory workers in Iran face many challenges in the workplace, and recent laws encouraging reproduction have made their situations even more difficult. Iranian female workers, many of whom work under dire circumstances, are often slighted and undergo hardship alongside the tough nature of their jobs. In an interview with Iranian Labor News Agency […]
Iran’s medical schools to limit female enrollment
Medical schools in Iran will restrict admission to women in the coming academic year, the Shargh daily reports. The report indicates that the number of women in the medical field has risen from 42 percent of total admissions in 1992 to 68 percent in the last year. ISNA quoted the minister of health last […]
Women can play larger role in Iranian economy
Structural reforms to facilitate entrepreneurship by Iranian women would be a boost for Iran’s economic growth. Iran is facing a socioeconomic issue in women’s unemployment. According to an article published in the March 2014 issue of Iran Economics, only 13% of the workforce consists of women and the latest official statistics for women’s unemployment […]
New Population and Family Plan Would Stifle Women, Says Iranian Civil Society
More than 650 Iranian citizens and civil activists have issued a statement objecting to the “Comprehensive Population and Family Excellence Plan” currently on the Iranian Parliament’s agenda, arguing that the plan would place undue restrictions on women’s employment and educational opportunities. The statement refers to the plan’s “regrettable articles” about the conditions of women, […]
Iran swimmer’s time goes unrecorded: “Her bathing suit was too revealing”
An Iranian woman has taken on a difficult challenge: to swim as long as possible in open waters, where she has to wear a diving suit, a full jacket, and a headscarf. However, this was still not enough for the sports authorities, who she claims told her they could not record her latest swim […]
Activists say “political kidnapping” hurts young women
A group of political-social activists in Shiraz has called for the release of Jamila Karimi, a women’s rights activist and member of the Reformist Coalition Council of Fars, two months after her arrest. In a statement, the activists stress that Karimi’s arrest so close to the election can only be seen as “political kidnapping” […]
UN experts concerned at barring of women presidential candidates and freedom restrictions
GENEVA (29 May 2013) – A group of United Nations independent human rights experts today warned that unreasonable limitations placed on the right of Iranian citizens to stand for Presidential office, discrimination against women candidates for elections and ongoing restrictions on freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly, constitute a serious violations of rights […]
Gender Inequality and Discrimination: The Case of Iranian Women
Today, on this year’s International Women’s Day, the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) is pleased to release “Gender Inequality and Discrimination: The Case of Iranian Women”, a 60+ page legal commentary from Iranian lawyer Mohammad Hossein Nayyeri. In his commentary, Nayyeri analyzes the impact of discriminatory laws, as written and as applied, on […]