The low rate of communication between family members is one of the problems the society is facing which should be addressed to prevent social vulnerabilities, said Vice President for Women’s and Family Affairs, Masoumeh Ebtekar, on Wednesday. Speaking at a congress on family and intergenerational communications, held in Semnan Province, Ebtekar put the emphasis on...Read More
Short film ‘Bitter Sea’ by Iranian filmmaker Fateme Ahmadi will compete at the 39th Durban International Film Festival in South Africa. Following its screenings at 15th London Short Film Festival, UK’s East End Film Festival, and the 20th Short Shorts Film Festival in Japan, Fateme Ahamdi’s ‘Bitter Sea’ will now enjoy its seventh international screening...Read More
TEHRAN (FNA)- The hijab is a religious covering that is worn by Muslims, mostly among women. It generally conceals the neck and hair. Most Muslim women wear the hijab, while refraining from wearing tight clothing. Donning the hijab and also generally observing a modest Muslim style of dressing offers these benefits. 1. Represents purity The...Read More
TEHRAN, Jul. 07 (MNA) – Kimia Alizadeh, the first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal, will bear the flag of Islamic Republic of Iran at the opening ceremony of 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. Kimia Alizadeh has been selected by Iran’s National Olympic Committee to be Iran’s flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of...Read More
Tehran, July 7, Iranian disabled archery team received a gold medal at 2018 Para-Archery Championships recurve category. The event started with the attendance of 30 teams on July 2. Iranian recurve squad consisting of Zahra Nemati, Zahra Delkhosh and Somaye Rahimi snatched a gold medal. Archery is open to athletes with a physical impairment, who...Read More
Seyed Morteza Anjavinejad Policies and programs aimed at increasing educational and economic opportunities typically target either low-income children or their mothers, but not both, which limits their impact in fostering intergenerational mobility. There is a need for the development and implementation of dual-generation strategies, which focus simultaneously on both children and mothers to foster long-term...Read More
By Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women This op-ed was originally published in the EVE webmagazine “How to improve gender equality in the workplace” reached Google’s top five searches around gender equality in the last year. Interest in women’s rights is at an all-time high: this is a powerful moment to...Read More
TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) – Iranian ambassador to Indonesia Valiollah Mohammadi Nasrabadi and Indonesia’s Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Yohana Susana Yembise discussed ways to improve bilateral cooperation on women affairs. Touching upon the a conference which is going to be held next month in Tehran under the theme of ‘role of ICT in...Read More
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian karate athletes won tickets for the Buenos Aires 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games after defeating their rivals in the qualifying tournament held in the city of Umag in Croatia. Fatemeh Khonakdar managed to overcome her Italian, Kazakh, Macedonian, Lithuanian and German opponents to cruise into the final content of women’s minus 53-kilogram...Read More
People who engage in more substantive conversations tend to be happier, a new study confirmed. According to medicalxpress.com, Study coauthor Matthias Mehl, a professor of psychology at the University of Arizona, said, “Researchers also found that idle small talk is not necessarily negatively related to well-being, contrary to previous findings.” The new research, published in...Read More
