Although awareness towards autism has increased in Iran during recent years, families with autistic children are still voicing complaint about lack of support by national organizations. According to Charity Foundation for Special Diseases, some 700,000 Iranians are estimated to suffer from autism, though only 3,000 autistics have been diagnosed in the country till date. On...Read More

Rabab Sleiman is a self-taught trainer from Lebanon, who is playing a pivotal role in reviving the traditional craft of palm leaf weaving and teaching the skill to young Lebanese and Syrian refugee women Rabab strongly believes that the training she has provided has had a positive impact on the 17 women beneficiaries from UN...Read More

Iran’s flag-carrier airline Iran Air is set to recruit female pilots for the first time in the country’s history.  Farzaneh Sharafbafi, the female CEO of Iran Air (Homa), said the airline annually publishes a job vacancy advertisement to recruit new pilots. The main feature of this year’s advertisement is the possibility for female pilots to...Read More

Mahsa Ghorbani is the first Iranian woman referee to judge the men’s football game. She has been nominated to act as referee for the AFC Cup 2019.  Mahsa Ghorbani is an Iranian international referee born in 1989. She is a Marketing Management graduate. She was born in a family with no interest in football and...Read More

(United Nations) 13 March 2018 – On 12 March, opening day of the 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62), the Spotlight Initiative, a multi-year partnership between the European Union and the United Nations, brought together leaders from Government and civil society to discuss strategies for eliminating violence against women and...Read More

 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) called on Iran for structural economic reforms for enabling the private sector to grow and to create the jobs required to address youth unemployment and raise incomes. The remarks were made in an IMF report concluding the 2018 Article IV consultation with the Islamic Republic of Iran which was held...Read More

Tehran Municipality is displaying the portraits of a number of prominent Iranian women on billboards across the capital.  The billboards have been erected to pay tribute to those Iranian women who have played a role in the development of the Iranian society. The move is part of a larger plan to mark Women’s Day in...Read More

A group of women activists, the Institute for the Protection of Women’s Rights attended on March 17, 2018 at the Tehran Jewish Association located in the region of the Republic, and with the chairman of the Jewish Association of Tehran Mr. Dr. Homayoun Same Yeh Najaf Abadi, Religious Reference and Rabbi Mr. Dr. Hamami, Internal...Read More

Iran’s Vice-Presidency for Women and Family Affairs has organized a benefit concert in Tehran to raise funds for the release of incarcerated moms as part of a campaign called “Prison No Place for Mothers”.  The musical performance was given by the all-female band “Sound of Naerika” at Tehran’s Eyvan Shams Hall on Thursday night. All...Read More

IRNA – An Iranian female MP on Monday briefed the 62th meeting of the UN Commission on the Status of Women on the achievements made and measures taken by the Islamic Republic of Iran to support rural women and girls. Addressing a round table debate on economic empowerment of rural women, Parvaneh Salahshoori cited training...Read More