IRANIAN WOMEN

Remarkable Achievements of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Improving the Status of Women and Family

Remarkable Achievements of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Improvingthe Status of Women and Family:

WOMEN & EDUCATION:

 Increase of over 33.3% in female university faculty members
 Women making up 34% of faculty members at medical universities
 Women making up 56% of state university students in the country
 Closing the gender gap in primary and secondary education in the country
 Overcoming women and girls’ illiteracy with a ratio of 99.3%
 Increased enrollment of high school female pupils by 84%
 Active presence of over 9500 female authors and 840 female publishers
 Increased enrollment of primary school female pupils by 115%
 Increased ratio of female to male students by 48% Increase of over 33.3% in female university faculty members

WOMEN & HEALTH:

 Implementation of the Universal Health Coverage Network for all urban inhabitants and 99% of rural people and nomads
 Performing of deliveries by female obstetricians in 95% of cases
 Presence of 60 midwives and 2.8 gynecologists per 100,000 women across the country
 Increase of women's life expectancy to 78 years
 Reduction in neonatal mortality rate per 100,000 births by 8.2
 Reduced mortality rate of children under 5 years of age by 14.2 per 100,000 births
 Women making up 98% of all gynecological surgeons in the country

WOMEN, EMPLOYMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP:

 Implementing the "National Plan of Sustainable Family-Based Business Network" to connect job seekers with entrepreneurs
and companies
 Provision of over 4200 micro-credit funds with 1200 billion Rials of governmental credit for rural women
 Over 2390 women serving on the boards of directors of knowledge-based companies
 The unemployment rate for women dropping to 13.7%
 Social Security Insurance coverage for housewives
 Social Security Insurance coverage for women-headed households
 Social Security Insurance coverage for all rural and nomad women and girls
 Sustainable business development via implementation of Systematic Strategy Plan for Rural and Nomadic Women Micro-
Businesses based on LNSIE model
 Women founding over 250 knowledge-based companies
 Over 735 women working as managing directors in knowledge-based companies

WOMEN AND MEDIA:

 Presence of female directors and actresses as jury presidents at 45 international film festivals
 Increased women's participation in information technology by 31.5%
 Active involvement of 903 female filmmakers in film industry
 Active presence of 2000 female specialists behind the scenes of cinema
 Winning 114 national and 128 international awards at prestigious festivals by female filmmakers
 Increased access to information and communication technology for women:
 Access to mobile phone: 26 million people (45% of the total users)
 Access to the computer: 14.5 million people (48% of the total users)
 Access to the internet: 187 million people (48% of the total users)

WOMEN & SPORTS:

 Women get access to over 16111 gyms
 Women have won 3302 medals at recent international sporting events
 Female athletes have earned Olympic and Paralympic quota places
 70 women are serving as heads of sports delegations across provinces
 Women possess 97 international seats in sports federations worldwide
 88366 women work as referees in national and international sporting events
 There are 51 female presidents and Vice presidents for different sports federations

WOMEN IN AUTHORITY AND DECISION-MAKING POSITIONS:

 Women holding 25.2 % of all government positions at all levels, including the highest, middle, and basic executive
positions
 Women serving as the vice presidents for women and family affairs
 Over 1000 women working as judges in the country
 Increase in the number of women candidates to enter parliament by 227% in the 11th term
 Increase in the number of women as parliament members by 16.5 times since the first term
 Increase in women's participation in the Islamic Consultative Assembly by 5.59%

WOMEN, ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE AND CRISES:

 Provision of basic needs (water, food, clothing, blanket) for 117072 women in the flood-stricken areas in 2021
 Women in charge of 40% of top executive positions in the Environment Organization
 Provision of basic needs (water, food, clothing, blanket) for 20912 women in the earthquake-stricken areas in 2021
 Paying monthly pension to 299120 women affected by climate crisis in 2021
 Setting up 21014 safe shelters for temporary settlement of women in flood-stricken areas in 2021
 Women holding over one-quarter of top environmental executive positions
 Setting up 20166 safe shelters for temporary settlement of women in earthquake-stricken areas in 2021
 Implementing the natioal plan of “promoting and raising cultural awareness of producing and consuming healthy,
standardized, and certified products” for rural and nomadic women
 Holding 4 terms of presidency of "Environment Organization" by women