Iran: Women’s unemployment doubles men’s

The state-run Tasnim news agency wrote in a report: According to a new report by Iran’s Employment Center on the job force in summer of 2015,

the highest unemployment among youths under 30 years of age has currently reached 48.7%, with women’s unemployment standing at 85.9%….

(This summer) unemployment amounted to 8.9% among men and 19.9% among women….

The highest unemployment figure belonged to the 20-24 age group, with 27.8%. In this age group 22.8% of men and 49.3% of women are reported as unemployed.

(State-run Tasnim news agency – January 5, 2015)

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