Women

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  • Oman calls for sharing experiences in women, family affairs with Iran 2024-04-29 15:59

    Oman calls for sharing experiences in women, family affairs with Iran

    TEHRAN –Oman's Minister of Social Development, Laila Ahmed Al Najjar expressed interest in boosting ties and sharing experiences in women and family affairs with Iran.

  • Iran to use IORA potential to empower women 2024-04-22 15:10

    Iran to use IORA potential to empower women

    TEHRAN –Iran plans to benefit from the potential of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) to implement projects for empowering women in the country.

  • Gaza women 2024-04-17 22:34

    UN: Israel’s ‘war on women’ orphaned 19,000 Gaza kids

    United Nations (UN) Women on Tuesday announced the deaths of more than 10,000 women in the Gaza Strip, which has been suffering a devastating Israeli war for more than six months.

  • UNDP takes significant steps in empowering Iranian women 2024-03-27 14:16

    UNDP takes significant steps in empowering Iranian women

    TEHRAN - Over the years, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Iran, in collaboration with both national and international partners, has taken significant steps in empowering women economically through various initiatives.

  • Gaza woman 2024-03-17 22:25

    Gaza women brave relentless nightmares, inspire world with their courage

    Palestinian women in the Gaza Strip have disproportionately borne the brunt of Israel’s genocidal war on the tiny territory.

  • Gaza women 2024-03-08 22:54

    UNRWA: 63 women killed in Gaza per day

    An average of 63 women are killed every day, with 37 of them being mothers “who leave their families behind” in the Gaza Strip, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said, Hurriyet Daily reported.

  • Time to recognize women’s critical role in agriculture – and invest in it! 2024-03-05 15:21

    By Jong-Jin Kim, FAO Assistant Director-General

    Time to recognize women’s critical role in agriculture – and invest in it!

    Despite women's significant contributions to our agrifood systems in the Asia-Pacific region, women continue to face persistent obstacles, including limited access to resources, services, and discriminatory practices all along the food value chain. As we gather to celebrate this year’s International Women's Day (IWD), it is time for action, to fully recognize women's indispensable role in the fields, in the factories, and those running small and medium-sized companies, associations and cooperatives – all of which produce the nutritious food we eat each day.

  • Gaza women 2024-03-02 22:23

    UN Women calls war in Gaza "a war on women"

    UN Women, a United Nations organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women, has called the war in Gaza "also a war on women."

  • Women revive West Azarbaijan’s handicrafts 2024-02-18 18:04

    Women revive West Azarbaijan’s handicrafts

    TEHRAN - Morteza Safari, who presides over the tourism directorate of West Azarbaijan province, highlighted a significant trend, stating that over 60% of the workforce in the province's handicraft industries comprises women.

  • Interview: expert explores women’s role in Persian carpet weaving 2024-01-07 18:21

    By Afshin Majlesi

    Interview: expert explores women’s role in Persian carpet weaving

    ISFAHAN – The art of carpet weaving has been an integral part of Iranian culture and tradition with many women as its silent heroes for centuries.

  • The necessity of community-centric tourism development 2023-12-02 17:49

    By Afshin Majlesi

    The necessity of community-based tourism development

    For millennia, events have been an inseparable facet of the Iranian culture, predominantly when it comes to natural occurrences triggered by seasonal changes. Originating from small rural and tribal entities, such community-based reunions have expanded, thrived, and passed down from generation to generation to convey a message of warmth and kindness.

  • Qazvin craftswomen demonstrate skills 2023-11-29 17:34

    Qazvin craftswomen demonstrate skills

    TEHRAN – On Wednesday, a local exhibit dedicated to craftswomen and female artisans was launched in the ancient city of Qazvin, which is situated in west-central Iran.

  • West angry with brilliant doing of Iranian veiled women 2023/10/22

    By Sara Atta

    West angry with brilliant doing of Iranian veiled women

    Women from the Leader's point of view - Part 42

    TEHRAN – Iranian women while wearing hijab have many achievements in various economic, educational, sports, and health fields, which are growing according to international standards. The achievements that the enemies of the Iranian people are trying to deny with anti-Iranian propaganda.

  • Women hold flood rescue drill  2023-10-11 17:02

    Women hold flood rescue drill 

    Female members of the Iranian Red Crescent Society held a drill on Wednesday to assess preparedness in the event of a flood situation.

  • Broken Families, Broken Lives 2023/10/11

    By Sara Atta

    Broken Families, Broken Lives

    Women from the Leader's point of view - Part 40

    TEHRAN – The family in the West, as in the past decades, does not have its strong and former position, and this has even raised the concern of Western thinkers.

  • Leader 2023-10-09 22:45

    The West crushed the honor and dignity of women: Leader

    TEHRAN – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, has criticized the West’s approach toward women, saying it destroyed the dignity and honor of women.

  • Kanaani 2023-10-06 22:55

    Iran urges the West to focus on strikes at home instead of Iranian women

    TEHRAN - Instead of making interventionist remarks and expressing “insincere concern” about women in Iran, Tehran on Thursday urged the Western nations to be concerned about a wave of strikes that would harm their health sector.

  • Normalization and legalization of all sins! 2023/10/04

    By Sara Atta

    Normalization and legalization of all sins!

    Women from the Leader's point of view - Part 38

    TEHRAN – With the spread of the wrong and illegitimate relationship of homosexuality, marriage as one of the most important principles of human society is abandoned, and the negative results of this issue spread to society.

  • Increase of moral, spiritual crisis in West undermined family foundation 2023/10/01

    By Sara Atta

    Increase of moral, spiritual crisis in West undermined family foundation

    Women from the Leader's point of view - Part 37

    TEHRAN – In the West, simultaneously with modernity and after that, based on feminist teachings and in the name of defending women's rights, family functions and the position of wife and mother have undergone extensive changes.

  • Family system coming to an end in the West 2023/09/27

    By Sara Atta

    Family system coming to an end in the West

    Women from the Leader's point of view - Part 36

    TEHRAN – As the traditional and moral values of the family in the West are collapsing, divorce and many moral problems consequently are increasing in the US and European societies.

  • sexual assault survivors in England 2023-09-25 10:30

     By Ali Karbalaei

    UK rape victim "more afraid of the police" 

    Recent reports and surveys unravel the disturbing plight of women in Britain

    TEHRAN- New research in the United Kingdom has revealed that the majority of rape and sexual assault victims say their mental health deteriorated during the police investigation. 

  • TIME magazine 2023-09-24 21:59

    By Zahra Akbari 

    Death of three women in London, Ohio and Tehran

    TEHRAN- On September 14, TIME magazine published an article titled “Iranian Women Are Still Fighting”. The article, written by Nazanin Boniadi, reviews Iran’s last year unrest and claims that Iranian women continue to fight against the Islamic Republic.

  • Oppressing women including disabled ones still exists in so-called civilized societies 2023/09/24

    By Sara Atta

    Oppressing women including disabled ones still exists in so-called civilized societies

    Women from the Leader's point of view - Part 35

    TEHRAN – Violence against women and girls with disabilities is a widespread global problem across the world.

  • Western world the biggest oppressor of women 2023/09/20

    By Sara Atta

    Western world the biggest oppressor of women

    Women from the Leader's point of view - Part 34

    TEHRAN – Violence against women and domestic violence is pervasive throughout the EU. According to Eurostat, women and girls make up over 90% of rape victims and over 80% of sexual assault victims.

  • Violence against women on rise in West 2023-09-17 15:56

    By Sara Atta

    Violence against women on rise in West

    Women from the Leader's point of view - Part 33

    TEHRAN – Violence against women – particularly intimate partner violence and sexual violence – is a major public health problem and a violation of women's human rights.

  • Women's rights in West are profit-based 2023-09-10 15:35

    By Sara Atta

    Women's rights in West are profit-based

    Women from the Leader's point of view - Part 32

    TEHRAN – A businesslike, profit-based, and economic view has influenced the Western outlook on the issue of women.

  • Israeli troops forced Palestinian women to undress 2023-09-10 00:44

    By Ali Karbalaei 

    Israeli troops forced Palestinian women to undress

    Emergence of graphic news draws angry reactions

    TEHRAN - An investigation has found that Israeli troops forced five Palestinian women to completely undress in front of their children while attacking them using army dogs.

  • West's instrumental view of women 'greatest blow to women’s status, dignity 2023/08/30

    By Sara Atta

    West's instrumental view of women greatest blow to women’s status, dignity

    Women from the Leader's point of view - Part 31

    TEHRAN – The instrumental view of women and abuse of their sexual attractions has turned them into a tool to attract more customers in the capitalist system so that the worst humiliations can be formed against them.

  • Measures taken to promote status of women, families 2023-08-28 16:27

    By Maryam Tavassoli

    Measures taken to promote status of women, families

    TEHRAN- The government's positive attitude toward women and families in the past two years has led to the implementation of different projects that have improved women’s status in society.

  • Western approach towards women; Positive or Negative? 2023/08/20

    By Sara Atta

    Western approach towards women; Positive or Negative?

    Women from the Leader's point of view - Part 28

    TEHRAN – Changing women’s identification and using them as tools for the pleasure of men are two important issues that can be seen in the Western approach toward women.