The deputy in women’s affairs in Rouhani’s cabinet said, “The scale of human development in any country is the presence of women in the country’s economy and recreation. In Iran, despite an increase in the number of educated women and female students, we are witnessing that there is no balance in Iran’s job market. The job market is controlled by men. The number of female parliamentarians is only 9 amongst 290.”
(State-run Asr-e Iran – October 16, 2014)