“While there is gender balance in the number of college students, the higher education’s faculty of science is a male-dominated structure,” said Elaheh Hejazi, advisor to the Minister of Science and Higher Education in women’s affairs.
Hejazi added, “40 per cent of PhD graduates are women, but only 16 per cent of members of the faculty of science are women.” (The state-run ANA news agency – January 29, 2017)
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We work extensively with Iranian women outside the country and maintain a permanent contact with women inside Iran. The Women’s Committee is actively involved with many women’s rights organizations and NGO’s and the Iranian diaspora.
The committee is a major source of much of the information received from inside Iran with regards to women. Attending UN Human Rights Council meetings and other international or regional conferences on women’s issues and engaging in a relentless battle against the Iranian regime’s misogyny are part of the activities of members and associates of the committee.
