IFP - Irans Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs Massoumeh Ebtekar says the government is determined to keep up working to eliminate gender inequality in the country and provide equal opportunities to both men and women. Ebtekar made the remarks while addressing the International Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming, which was co-organized ...

The presidential deputy for Women and Family Affairs, Shahindokht Molaverdi, says the Rohani administration does not approve of gender segregation in the workplace. This comes after the head of Irans judiciary commended the mayor of Tehran for implementing a plan to separate male and female public employees in municipal offices. The state news ...

Tehrans Deputy Mayor says a regulation passed by the Ministry of the Interior three years ago establishes that men cannot have female secretaries and women cannot have male secretaries. In a report in the Shargh daily on Sunday July 26, the Deputy Mayor said the regulation was adopted by Tehran City Council some time ago and is nothing new. In ...

Tehran, July 24, IRNA - Over 180 lawmakers have supported a plan by Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf to segregate female and male employees in Tehran Municipality. MP Zargham Sadeqi said on Wednesday 183 MPs signed a letter supporting the move. They said the measure is in line with respecting working women in the municipality. The mayor of ...

The mayor of Tehran has defended his move to segregate male and female workers in city offices, saying: We have religious honour and will not permit women to socialize and have contact with men other than their husbands. Mohammadbagher Ghalibaf said he was standing firm on his decision to separate the offices for men and women and he dismissed foreign ...

Tehrans deputy mayor for Staff Maintenance announced that a plan to segregate park benches is being considered to make sure young men and women do not sit too close in public. Meysam Amroodi said provisions could be made to have a table in between seats to allow for appropriate distance between men and women. Abdolhossein Mokhtabad spoke out against ...