Iranian women play important role in society despite Western media propaganda, said the project manager of DocsBarcelona international documentary film festival. “Some Western media stress that Iran neglects women’s rights, but I observed during my short trip that the women are strong and active and play important roles in society,” Elena Subirà i Roca told...Read More

In-school nutrition policies and programs that promote healthier eating habits among middle school students limit increases in body mass index (BMI), a new study led by the Yale School of Public Health finds. The five-year trial, conducted in conjunction with the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at the University of Connecticut, followed nearly...Read More

Nan-e Sarma (mother of cold) looks forward the light and his male mate Amoo Norouz felicitates the spring and Norouz (Iranian New Year). The love story of Nan-e Sarma and Amoo Norouz is an example of what happens not only in the nature but the whole world. This is one of the folk stories of...Read More

Women play a great role in planning to address water and environmental problems, Molood Shiva, advisor to the energy minister for women’s and family affairs said here on Saturday. Women have played an effective role in water supplying and water projects all over the world, Fars quoted Shiva, speaking at the congress titled “zero point...Read More

The budget bill for the next fiscal year (starting March 21, 2019) has proposed policies regarding improvement of women’s condition in the country, Masoumeh Ebtekar, vice president for women’s and family affairs, has said. One of the duties assigned to the department for women and family affairs in the Sixth Five-Year Development Plan (2016-2021), is...Read More