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Iranian women advance despite legal discrimination
5-2-2019
In its issue of today, An Nahar newspaper devoted a feature on the status of women in Iran, highlighting the story of Saba, 25, who gave up her job as an interior decorator in New York to work on a project to modernize the Tehran art house. Saba, the newspaper wrote, won three architectural renovation contracts in a period of three months after returning to her home town. The Iranian young woman told An Nahar that, two years after her return, she dreamt of having her own company, but that she never expected that to happen so quickly. “If I had stayed in NYC, I would not have had this opportunity,” Saba boasted. The situation of women in Iran during the past ten years has remarkably changed, she explained, saying that confidence in their capacity to hold management positions has increased. “Of course, there remain many difficulties, particularly on construction sites, but this is everywhere, even in New York,” Saba maintained. In conclusion, An Nahar pointed out that while the Iranian law places women in a position lower than their men peers, yet, the Islamic Republic of Iran has made big strides to educate women, which is one step to their liberation. Today, the number of female students in Iranian universities exceed the number of males, and hence, higher education opens new doors for them. (An Nahar, February 5 , 2019)
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