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2018-11-26 22:44
60% of national library of Iran’s members are women
TEHRAN – Currently, out of more than 190,000 members of the National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI), some 60 percent are women, showing women are more interested in studying than men in the society.
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2018-11-26 22:42
Divorce rate falls by 6% in H1
TEHRAN – Divorce rate in Iran has reduced by more than six percent during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (beginning March 21, 2018) compared to the same period last year.
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2018-11-26 21:49
The judiciary passes plan on promoting gender equality: Ebtekar
TEHRAN – The judiciary system has approved a plan on promoting gender equality, the vice president for women’s and family affairs said, adding that the plan is communicated to all ministers in order to be considered in the budget law for the next Iranian calendar year 1398 (March 2019-March 2010).
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2018-11-19 22:14
Website launched aiming to reduce divorce rate
TEHRAN – A new website has been recently launched by Tehran province's welfare department general with the goal of reducing divorce rate in the province.
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2018-11-19 21:49
Women make up greater share of electronic health records
TEHRAN – Women hold a greater share than men of forming electronic health records (EHR), said the deputy health minister, Mohammad Shariati, here on Monday.
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2018-11-19 21:47
$4.7m allocated to 6,500 breadwinner women
TEHRAN – An amount of 200 billion rials (around $4.7 million) has been allocated to 6,500 breadwinner women, Soraya Shareqi, general director for women’s and family affairs department of Tehran Governorate said in a press conference here on Monday.
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2018-11-13 10:57
WWSF awards Iran’s Azizi for women's creativity in rural life
TEHRAN – Women's World Summit Foundation (WWSF) granted the 2018 international prize for women's creativity in rural life to Iran’s Ziba Azizi for her tireless leadership for the education of students in rural areas, especially girls, WWSF website reported.
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2018-11-05 17:08
Children of Iranian mothers, foreign fathers to get Iranian citizenship
TEHRAN – The cabinet of ministers chaired by President Hassan Rouhani approved on Sunday a bill, according to which, children born to Iranian mothers and foreign fathers are permitted to receive Iranian citizenship.
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2018-11-05 17:04
600,000 women enjoy recreational facilities of Tehran Municipality
TEHRAN – A total number of 600,000 women from the capital city of Tehran enjoyed the cultural, training and sports facilities provided by the municipality during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year, beginning on March 21.
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2018-11-05 17:01
Ebtekar paving way for women’s presence at stadiums
TEHRN – The Iranian vice president for women’s and family affairs, Masoumeh Ebtekar, is to spectate the football match between Iran’s Persepolis and Japan’s Kashima Antlers at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium to pave the ground for women’s presence at stadiums.
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2018-10-22 22:10
Breast cancer, most common, increasing among Iranian women
TEHRAN – Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Iranian women and about 14 thousand cases are added to the number of patients with breast cancer in the country annually, head of the cancer prevention department of the Ministry of Health, Ali Qanbari, said here on Saturday.
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2018-10-22 21:31
‘Women, main role-makers in combat with climate change’
TEHRAN – Women can be the main role-makers encountering the climate change, developing the modern knowledge in programs and policies, said Masoumeh Ebtekar, Iranian Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, here on Sunday.
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2018-10-22 21:17
Empowering women’s cooperatives, key for rural development: official
TEHRAN –Women’s cooperative companies are the principal focus of rural development, said Hossein Shirzad, deputy agriculture minister and managing director of the central organization of rural cooperatives of Iran.
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2018-10-18 09:06
UN calls for women's participation in Afghan polls
TEHRAN - United Nations mission in Afghanistan has called for peaceful parliamentary elections with women’s full participation – as candidates, electoral workers, observers and voters – terming it "the civil and political right of all women".
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2018-10-16 09:14
Indian minister hits back at MeToo movement
TEHRAN - Embroiled in the MeToo controversy, India’s deputy foreign minister has threatened legal action against the group for women who have accused him of sexual harassment and assault.
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2018-10-16 08:13
Jurisprudential challenges of women's rights to be studied
TEHRAN – The 2nd meeting of jurisprudential conferences pivoting on the subject of women’s rights is to be held in three cities of Iran.
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2018-10-15 22:35
Female Iranian MP elected as member of IPU presiding board
TEHRAN – Seyyedeh Fatemeh Hosseini, a member of Majlis (Iranian Parliament), was elected as a member of the presiding board of Forum of Women Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentarian Union (IPU) in Geneva, Switzerland.
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2018-10-13 22:04
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
MeToo movement grips India, Minister among those in the line of fire
TEHRAN - India has got its own Harvey Weinstein moment with a number of female journalists breaking their silence and accusing a journalist-turned-politician of sexual harassment.
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2018/10/13
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
Muslim women reclaiming their narrative
TEHRAN - What is the status of women in Islam? Does Islam give equal rights to women? Are women in the Islamic republics subjugated and oppressed? What actually does Holy Quran say about women’s rights and women’s empowerment?
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2018-10-08 19:03
Textbooks to show favorable role, face of women: official
TEHRAN – A research center for education and training started a research on “women’s favorable role and face in textbooks”, said Farahnaz Minaeepour, general director for women’s affairs in the Ministry of Education.
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2018-10-01 21:30
Number of female faculty members up 17 times in 40 years
TEHRAN -- Women made up 1.4 percent of faculty members of universities before the Islamic Revolution (1979), while this number shows a growth of 17 times reaching to 24 percent, Rajabali Borzooei, an official with Shahid Beheshti University, has said.
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2018-10-01 18:39
Varzaneh hosts congress on women, chastity and white chador
TEHRAN - - The museum of anthropology of the desert city of Varzaneh, hosted a congress on chastity and white chador for women, marking the Sacred Defense Week (September 23-September 28) and the World Tourism Day, September 27, IRIB reported on Friday.
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2018-10-01 17:43
Girl students to write heartfelt letters to vice president
TEHRAN – The Iranian vice president for women’s and family affairs, Masoumeh Ebtekar, in a new initiative, invited girl students, to write about their problems in heartfelt letters to her.
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2018-09-24 23:39
Female school service drivers to cater for girl students
TEHRAN – A new law approved here on Tuesday by Tehran’s City Council gave priority to women drivers for girls’ school services.
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2018-09-24 23:19
No school for autistic girls in Tehran
TEHRAN – Despite existing five schools special for autistic boy students in Tehran, there still exists no school for girls suffering the disease, said Seyed Mohammad Ali Miri, an official with Iran Autism Association here on Sunday.
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2018-09-17 22:00
Women to be appointed as managers of 22 subdistricts of Tehran
TEHRAN – At least 22 subdistricts of Tehran Municipality will be headed by 22 women managers who are to be appointed during the coming three months, announced Seyed Mohammad Afshani, the mayor of Tehran here on Sunday.
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2018-09-17 21:38
Prevalence of overweight and obesity among girls increasing
TEHRAN – The prevalence of overweight in girl students under the age of 20 is increasing form 6.4 percent in 1980 to 10.3 percent in 2015, Mohammad Hashemi, secretary of the society for the prevention of obesity in Iran said here on Sunday.
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2018-09-11 03:10
Plan on improving health of mothers on agenda
TEHRAN – A plan on improving next generation’s well-being, improving mothers’ health and strengthening the fundamentals of families is to be implemented in different provinces, Fariba Derakhshan-nia, an official with the Welfare Organization has said.
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2018-09-11 02:10
174 provincial female managers appointed in a year
TEHRAN – A number of 174 women were appointed in managerial positions in different levels over the past year, Masoumeh Ebtekar, vice president for women’s and family affairs, said here on Wednesday.
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2018-09-10 22:12
Literacy gap between women and men decreasing in Iran
TEHRAN – Literacy gap between women and men is decreasing in Iran, reaching to 12 percent compared to 40 percent three decades ago.