Working overtime may help your paycheck and give you a leg up in the office, but a new study suggests that women who log too many hours may have an increased the risk of diabetes. Researchers in Canada found that woman who worked overtime increased their risk of diabetes and published their findings in the...Read More
Doctors have made an ‘artificial ovary’ from human tissue and eggs in a bid to help women have children after cancer treatment and other therapies that can damage female fertility. The team in Copenhagen showed that a lab-made ovary could keep human eggs alive for weeks at a time, raising hopes that the approach could...Read More
Nasrin Moazami is a biologist and a pioneer in biofuel technology. In 1995 she was awarded the Chevalier de I’Ordre des Palmes Académiques for her outstanding research. In 2015 she was appointed to UNESCO’s International Basic Sciences Program (IBSP). Moazami was born in 1945, and in 1976 received her Ph.D. from the faculty of medicine...Read More
Australia defied against all odds to stun Iran in tie-breaker 22-25 20-25 25-19 25-21 15-9 and top Pool C at their last preliminary encounter in the 12th Asian Women’s U17 Volleyball Championship at the Nakhon Pathom Municipality Gymnasium on Tuesday. Annelies Jones and Alisha Stevens similarly scored a match-high 16 points apiece for the winning...Read More
Mahsa Qorbani, an Iranian woman football referee who has judged several international women and men’s matches, is making headlines worldwide. Qorbani began her career as a referee at the age of 15. Her name has been put on the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s list of elite referees due to her good performance. She says her...Read More
Esther Kuisch-Laroche, Director of the UNESCO Cluster Office in Tehran welcomed Iran amazing culture and its long-standing civilization. Kuisch-Laroche made the remarks Tuesday in an exclusive interview with the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on the sidelines of UNESCO celebration marking World Day for Cultural Diversity 2018 in Iran. Evaluating Iranian culture, UNESCO envoy said,...Read More
Iranian VP Ebtekar and the Chairperson of the Nippon Foundation of Japan Sasacawa met on the sidelines of Iran-Japan Symposium in Tehran and discussed ways for boosting bilateral cooperation. Iranian Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar said Thursday the country plans to provide subsidies for hybrid cars and electric vehicles to make environmentally friendly cars widely available,...Read More
Visual artists from Iran have been rather active outside the country these days, and an exhibition of their paintings is being organized in Landesberg, Germany. Participants are Mitra Kavian, Behnam Kamrani, Mahshid Rahim-Tabrizi, Matisa Kazerouni, Afarin Sajedi, Keivan Asgari, Maneli Manouchehri, Alireza Adam-Bekan, Leila Vismeh, Farnaz Rabieijah, Azadeh Etebarian, Asareh Akkasheh, Elham Yazdanian, Morteza Pour-Hosseini,...Read More
The first permanent exhibition of women’s handicrafts opened in the central city of Yazd on Saturday. The exhibition aims at introducing women’s achievements in economic development and supporting domestic production, IRNA reported. It also follows the goal of introducing empowered women and improving their self-confidence. A workshop on training handicraft skills is to be held...Read More
Research shows women are better positioned than men to resist the automation of work and possibly even benefit from it. Women are overrepresented in industries that require high levels of social skills and empathy (such as nursing, teaching and care work), where it would be difficult to replace a human worker with automation, theconversation.com reported....Read More
