[caption id="attachment_97864" align="alignright" width="238"] Irans Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs Shahindokht Molaverdi[/caption] New York, March 9, IRNA Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs Shahindokht Molaverdi on Monday will deliver a speech to the 59th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Molaverdi, heading ...

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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian and Brazilian officials in a meeting in New York conferred on ways to increase cooperation between the two countries on women and family affairs. The meeting was held between Iranian Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs Shahindokht Mowlaverdi and Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of Public Policies for Women of the ...

New York, March 13, IRNA Iranian parliamentary delegation departed for Tehran Wednesday night at the end of a visit to New York during which they attended the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York. The Iranian delegation was headed by Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs Shahindokht Molaverdi. She was accompanied ...

New York, March 13, IRNA Senior member of the Iranian Majlis (Parliament) Halimeh Aali said on Wednesday that men and women enjoyed equal rights in Islam. Aali made the remarks at her speech to the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women which started in New York on March 10. The Iranian MP was part of a delegation headed by Vice-...

New York, March 13, IRNA Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs Shahindokht Molaverdi met and conferred with Maria Bandeira, Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of Public Policies for Women of the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil, on Thursday. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the 58th meeting of the commission to find mechanisms ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- UN Undersecretary-General for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka lauded Iran for its remarkable achievements in women education, specially higher education. Iran can be introduced as the role model of women education to the world, given its achievements in this field, Mlambo, also Executive Director of ...

United Nations, March 12, IRNA A key factor in IRI Government?s strategy is empowering women and girls in cultural, economic, and political fields, in planning, lawmaking, and policymaking, vice president for women and family affairs said here Monday. Shahindokht Mowlaverdi who is in New York to participate in United Nations? 58th Session of the ...

Tehran, March 8, IRNA -- Vice President for Women and Family Affairs Shahindokht Molaverdi departed here Saturday morning for New York to attend the 58th session of the Commission on the Status of Women which is to be held at the UN Headquarters. The gathering is slated for March 10-21. The event is to review challenges and achievements in the ...