Last month was supposed to be marked by the first all-women spacewalk — an event that NASA was forced to put on the backburner because of a shortage of suitably-sized spacesuits. So instead of NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch suiting up and venturing outside the International Space Station, Ms Koch accompanied fellow NASA astronaut Nick Hague....Read More
Average life-expectancy globally has increased by five-and-a-half years since the turn of the century, and women outlive men “everywhere”, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. “Whether it’s homicide, road accidents, suicide, cardiovascular disease – time and time again, men are doing worse than women”, said Dr. Richard Cibulskis, main author of WHO’s World...Read More
Over the past years in Iran, women and girls have enjoyed the rights to get engaged in economic, social and cultural fields, said Farideh Owlad-Qobad speaking at the 63rd session of Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on Thursday. The trend prevailed in all social pillars as well as high profile positions, IRNA quoted...Read More
The yard is filled with spring flowers. The radio plays spring music. The home is all clean. People are rushing to do their last minute shopping. The aroma of fresh homemade cookies is coming from the next door neighbor. I feel the arrival of Amoo Nowruz in my heart! I am not a young girl...Read More
Iran’s national weightlifting team will compete for the first time in Asian contests to be held in mid April in China, the head of the Iran Weightlifting Federation told the Islamic Republic News Agency ‘The competitions, to be held from April 18-28 in Ningbo, eastern China, are one of the stages of winning spots in...Read More
The first exhibition of artworks of handicapped women is to be held March 12-17 at Tehran’s Milad Tower. The festival aims at empowering women’s capabilities and discovering artistic talents of handicapped women, said Zahra Behrouz Azar, head of women’s department of Tehran Municipality. The festival will be held simultaneous with the Iranian-Islamic fashion and clothing...Read More
Iranian Vice President for Women’s and Family Affairs, Masoumeh Ebtekar, has said that the rate of out-of-school girls in the country has decreased from 38 percent to 3 percent over the four past decades. Ebtekar praised women’s progress in different fields of high education, sports, women, and health. She made the remarks in a meeting...Read More
Iranian women play an outstanding role in development and growth of the country in various fields, Iranian ambassador to Russia, Mehdi Sanaei, said on Friday. Speaking in a meeting with Iran’s U19 women’s football team, the envoy praised Iranian women’s significant role in making advances and booming the country. Sanaei further referred to the Iranian...Read More
Millions of women wrongly believe smear tests can detect ovarian cancer, experts warned. Health charities believe this fundamental misunderstanding is putting women’s lives at risk, dailymail.co.uk wrote. They warn that many women ignore symptoms until it is too late — mistakenly believing that the screening program for cervical cancer will pick up all gynaelogical cancers....Read More
Women who work long hours have a higher risk of depression than men, a new study found. Researchers at UCL and Queen Mary University of London, the UK, found women who work more than 55 hours a week had more symptoms of depression than women working a standard 35 to 40 hour week, independent.co.uk reported....Read More
