Shahindokht Molaverdi, the vice president of Women and Family Affairs, is pushing to include a date on Iran’s official calendars to focus attention on the abolition of child labour. IRNA reports that Molaverdi called on all government offices to take this step as an effective way of promoting the prohibition against child labour. June […]
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Challenging Iran’s women’s rights narrative
Earlier this month, Shahindokht Molaverdi, Iran’s Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, led an official delegation to the United Nations in New York to attend the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. In her March 11 speech to the commission, Molaverdi said that “the Islamic Republic of Iran has […]
Women’s affairs chief feels powerless to act
Shahindokht Molaverdi, the head of women’s and family affairs, told the eighth meeting of women’s affairs advisors and executives that she feels she is completely blocked from taking any action in her governmental capacity. At a meeting in Tehran on Saturday January 3, Molaverdi referred to her letter to President Rohani’s planning deputy, criticizing […]
Administration reports no progress in probe of acid attacks
The president’s adviser on women’s affairs announced today that there has been no progress in the investigations regarding acid assaults on women in Isfahan. Shahindokht Molaverdi told reporters that the ministers of the interior, intelligence and justice have delivered their reports to the president. She added that the reports indicate there are “no clues” […]
Rohani deputy slams Tehran’s gender segregation plan
The presidential deputy for Women and Family Affairs, Shahindokht Molaverdi, says the Rohani administration does not approve of gender segregation in the workplace. This comes after the head of Iran’s judiciary commended the mayor of Tehran for implementing a plan to separate male and female public employees in municipal offices. The state news agency […]
Rohani deputy reports on lack of women among Iranian leaders
The presidential deputy for women and family affairs says Iranian women are mostly excluded from top positions in the government. ILNA reports that Shahindokht Molaverdi said in a report that except for a few women in Parliament, the unfortunate truth is there are no women in top posts. She added that in a presentation […]