Negar Omidvari received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran in 2011. She earned the M.S degree in Biomedical Engineering from RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany in 2013. She is currently working as a researcher at the Department of Nuclear Medicine in Klinikum rechts der Isar, toward obtaining the Ph.D....Read More
Merve Erbay, 21, became the first woman firefighter in the Turkish Parliament after outperforming competitors in the firefighting exam. It has been my dream since childhood to be in a profession that touches people’s lives. My role model was my uncle who was a firefighter at an airport. I often used to visit him...Read More
The United Nations’ gender equality entity puts spotlight on public services, income security, safe spaces and technology to advance progress for women and girls In celebration of International Women’s Day on 8 March, UN Women is celebrating its 2019 theme of “Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change”, along with hosting hundreds of festivities around the...Read More
Women who suffer from migraines may be able to safely use hormone therapy to treat menopause symptoms, a new study suggests. The study of 85,000 U.S. women found no evidence that hormone therapy carried a particular risk of heart attack or stroke among those with a history of migraine headaches. That possibility has been a concern,...Read More
You’ve likely been told at one time or another that if you want healthy eyes, you need to eat carrots. And while the old adage has some truth to it because the beta carotene in carrots is converted to vitamin A – a vitamin that is needed for optimum eye health. there are other, and...Read More
Iran’s Ministry of Education says it hosted four international Olympiads in which students from more than 224 countries participated, highlighting its achievements during the last 40 years since the beginning of the Islamic Revolution in 1979. ‘More than 69 countries took part in the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) that was held on July 7-16, 2007...Read More
Iranian film ‘The Fog’, directed by Ali Shoorvarzi, took the Best Short and Best Actress awards at the Third Rosarito International Film Festival in the United States held on February 1-2. ‘The Fog’ narrates the story of a woman working at funeral parlor who has not prepared any dead body after her child’s death and...Read More
