A group of women in Iran’s Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari Province have built a 5-kilometre road to a remote village by doing tough jobs like operating cranes, graders, trucks, and tractors. There are still many remote villages across Iran where a small incident or a change of season blocks roads, and as a result the residents cannot commute....Read More

A study found that women who have asthma and use long-acting asthma preventers conceive as quickly as other women without the condition. It seems asthma is linked to infertility, but not among women taking regular asthma preventers, Hindustantimes reported. A European Lung Foundation-study said that women with asthma, who use long-acting asthma preventers, conceive as...Read More

Tehran, Feb 24, IRNA – Iranian para-archer Zahra Nemati has been shortlisted by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) among the list of five candidates for the 2018 International Women’s Day Recognition Award. The 32-year-old archer made history as the first Iranian woman to win a Paralympic or Olympic medal when she collected women’s individual recurve...Read More

The Institute for the Protection of Women’s Rights as a nongovernmental organization ( NGO) which is aimed at promoting women’s rightsworks has arranged the series of visits and interviews to support women of religious minorities. The first meeting with Assyrian women took place in the Assyrian Association of Tehran, which reports as follows: A group...Read More

Non-financial rights of women in an international documents and Islamic teachings The writer: Monireh Akhavan (Lecturer at Islamic Azad University) Abstract Women’s deprivation of their human rights throughout history has been one of the most challenging human rights issues. In the mean time the non-financial rights of women is neglected to the extent that they...Read More

Roxana Moslehi, Ph.D. is a genetic epidemiologist. Most of her research is dedicated to the study of cancer and cancer precursors. Born in Iran and raised in Canada, she is currently an associate professor in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY), where she has been teaching multiple...Read More

 IRNA – Two Iranian female artists Tuba Shirkani and Negar Bahresi shined at the 20th International Story Telling Festival which was held in Tehran. Head of Bushehr culture and Islamic guidance office told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Sunday. The event which was organized by the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children...Read More

Tehran, Jan 12, IRNA – Iranian movie ‘Azar’ directed by Mohammad Hamzeie is scheduled to be screened in European cinemas. The movie will have limited public screening in European countries, according to Farabi Cinema Foundation. The public screening of Azar started on January 5 in Frankfort, Germany. It has so far attended Vancouver, Dubai, Dallas...Read More

TEHRAN, Jan. 06 (MNA) – Iranian female rowing team will be camping in China’s Xinjiang for a month in preparation for Asian competitions. During one month of camping, the officials and instructors from both Asia Rowing Federation and the International Rowing Federations will also be camping in the city of Xinjiang in the northwest of China....Read More

Tehran, Oct 29, IRNA – A woman was appointed on Sunday as Iran’s Petroleum Minister first deputy for the first time in the history of the country’s oil industry. n a decree, Iranian Petroleum Minister Bijan Zangeneh appointed Ms. Marziyeh Shahdaei as the number two official at his Ministry. Earlier, Shahdaei was working as Director...Read More