TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (MNA) – While there are news about adoption of a bill on banning violence against women there seems to be unreasonable reservations about the issue. Violence against women is a violation of human rights which seriously affects women and young girls and even the whole society. Regarding their role in the family...Read More
Tehran (ISNA) – Iranian painter Fereshte Setayesh is one of the 47 finalist artists at the Lynx Prize 2017 international prize of contemporary art. “Mona Lisa”, a work selected by Fereshte Setayesh for this international competition, is a mixmedia work on the wood and draws the portrait painting of Raphael, Italian prominent painter who looks...Read More
Elena Ratoi is the Manager for the UN Women component of the “Women in Politics” UN Programme. She joined UN Women team in Moldova in 2014 to work on advancing women`s political participation in politics and decision-making processes. Prior to UN Women, she was working as a project assistant for Association “MOTIVATIE” and was engaged in...Read More
TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (MNA) – While there are news about adoption of a bill on banning violence against women there seems to be unreasonable reservations about the issue. Violence against women is a violation of human rights which seriously affects women and young girls and even the whole society. Regarding their role in the family as...Read More
Tehran (ISNA) – The director of Johns Hopkins Breast Center at Green Spring Station noted that breast cancer survivorship was very important in the U.S. because the rate of the cure was high and the number of survival was really increasing. Dr. Fariba Asrari is the director of Johns Hopkins Breast Center at Green Spring...Read More
Iran and Sweden stressed implementing joint MoUs in women-related fields Iran’s Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, Masoumeh Ebtekar, made the remarks Tuesday in a meeting with Sweden’s envoy to Tehran Helena Sångeland. During the meeting, she pointed to violence against women and children, and called for urgent measures to remove them. Iranian Vice...Read More
Tehran, Dec 10, IRNA – The spokesman of the National Organization for Civil Registration of Iran said on Sunday that Iranian women should get a marriage permit to marry foreign nationals. ‘The good point of the permit is that their children can receive Iranian nationality at the age of eighteen and enjoy all the Iranian...Read More
A top Iranian official has underlined women’s key role in decision making processes, saying the formation of “Women’s Parliament” in Khorasan Razavi province is a significant change in this regard. According to a provincial official, ‘Women’s Parliament’ is a new initiative based on which female representatives of all cities and villages of the province will...Read More
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has put a woman cyclist from Iran at the top of the Asian ranking for the second consecutive year. Faranak Parto Azar with 321 points in the cross-country cycling field ranked first in Asia and 86th in the world, head of Fars Province Cycling Association Hadi Ba Shafaat said on Saturday....Read More
Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs Ma’soumeh Ebtekar and the European Union’s Special Representative for Human Rights Stavros Lambrinidis in a meeting here reviewed women’s rights. “We discussed maintaining dialogue on women’s rights & exchange of experiences,” Ebtekar said in a Twitter message released on Monday. Lambrinidis is a member of a delegation from the...Read More
