Women

The latest news and views about women and their rights

Local

Party politics: A party for women or partisans of women’s political activity?

Golrokh Askarieh - September 26, 2015

Three female political players set out reasons why Iranian women are underrepresented in executive bodies and how the current trend can be reversed.

Lifestyle

A teacher’s foray into an apiary

Emad Askarieh - September 15, 2015

Parsafar, who has now opened a store where she sells honey, puts her success down to her tireless efforts.

Selected

Women braver than men in bungee jumping

Emad Askarieh - August 27, 2015

Unlike many men who go back on their decision to bungee jump, I have never seen a woman on a bungee-jumping platform back off, said a trainer in Tehran.

Sport

Iranian female athletes crowned in world cadet taekwondo event

Emad Askarieh - August 27, 2015

Young Iranian female taekwondo artists have finished first at the second edition of the WTF World Cadet Taekwondo Championships in South Korea.

Interviews

Will women be allowed to attend major sporting events?

Emad Askarieh - June 2, 2015

Iran’s vice-president for women affairs has talked in an interview about what government has done for women when it comes to presence in sporting arenas, broader representation in parliament and domestic violence.

Sport

Panahizadeh named to world wrestling commission

Emad Askarieh - May 30, 2015

Panahizadeh, who runs the International Department for the Iranian Wrestling Federation, becomes the first Iranian woman to serve on a United World Wrestling commission.

Selected

An uphill ride for Iran’s female motocross racers

Emad Askarieh - May 17, 2015

The story of a girl who has done great in a male-dominated sport.

Lifestyle

Story of Iranian woman with no arms gets global media attention

Fatemeh Askarieh - May 4, 2015

“Each body might have some limitations and deficiencies. But if you have a pure, elevated soul I think the body won't matter,” said the disabled Iranian woman.

Lifestyle

Profoundly different Iranian nurses

Emad Askarieh - April 22, 2015

In spite of disabilities, the two sisters have proved that they are the best of nurses for their ailing mother.

Lifestyle

Knock on wood; female carpenters have knocked down gender barriers

Emad Askarieh - April 2, 2015

Two female Iranian carpenters sail into unchartered waters and grapple with problems of an all-male profession.

Lifestyle

Iranian women as old as millennia-old history

IFP Editorial Staff - March 12, 2015

Sharq daily in an opinion piece analyzes the history and future of Iranian women, saying that the modern world has to live with gender equality.

Selected

Ninja girls take their training sessions to nature

Emad Askarieh - February 2, 2015

The allure of performing feats in nature has prompted Ninja girls to practice martial arts outdoors.

IFP Exclusive

Whenever I reach the end, I start from scratch

Emad Askarieh - January 10, 2015

Newsha Tavakolian, a self-taught photographer, says her success has no bearing on her gender.

Hard News

IRIB chief names woman as deputy for radio affairs

Emad Askarieh - December 28, 2014

Nasrin Abravani has become the first woman to take charge of the Radio Department of Iran’s broadcaster.

Hard News

Iran slams allegations of women’s rights violation

Emad Askarieh - December 24, 2014

The Iranian judiciary chief has rejected reports that women’s rights are trampled in Iran or that mass executions have taken place in the country.

IFP Exclusive

Feeling of Inferiority; Self-inflicted Violence against Women

IFP Editorial Staff - November 26, 2014

One of the most extreme forms of self-inflicted violence experienced by some Iranian women is that they sell themselves short and become blind followers of imported aesthetic standards.

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