Dispelling the West's Myth of the "Oppressed Iranian Woman"
"Women in Iran are less valued and don't have a future"
Female literacy rate in Iran is 99.3%
Maternal mortality in Iran is 16 per 100k live births (ref: US=19%)
There are 16,111 sports clubs for women & 3,302 medals won by female athletes (internationally)
Unemployment rate of women is 13.7%
88,366 Iranian women referees have participated in national & international competitions
25.2% of Iran's government managers are women at all levels of high & middle executive management
1,121 Iranian female judges are active
59.5% participation rate of women in parliament
40% of the positions of deputy heads of the Department of Environment are women.
Budget of nearly $11.5 million has been earmarked for empowering women with the approach of home employment
Iran's ambassador & deputy representative to the United Nations is a woman, Zahra Ershadi
More than 1.1 million women heads of households are covered by the Relief Committee and more than 300,000 are covered by the Welfare Organization, benefiting from special support such as facilities, insurance, and livelihood services.
Iran has annual “The Status of Women and Family"-report in 31 provinces which categorizes each province in comparison with other provinces with the aim of evaluating the status of women's progress in the country and developing & improving their status.
Iran has "Document on the Promotion of the Status of Women & Family" in the provinces of Iran with the aim of utilizing provincial capacities, achieving a plan & creating a roadmap for development in the field of women & family, with cooperation of the government & civil society.
Before Islamic Revolution almost 1/3 of girls between 6-14 years old were deprived of education. From 1976 to 2016 the number of Iranian girls deprived of education decreased about 36%.
Iran drafted a comprehensive bill on "Securing Women against Violence", in 2016.
This bill, includes precautionary, preventive, supportive and judiciary measures, for women & family affairs with regard to support women against all kinds of violence including domestic violence.
- Executive act for protection of women and girls who are exposed to social harms and those who are socially vulnerable (2016)
- Formulation of draft document to provide women with security in social relationships in (2016)
There's lots more but it'd make this thread way longer than it already is. The point is, Iran respects its women and creates various opportunities but the media portrays a wrong image purposefully.
Sources that was used:
Hamideh Kolahdozan — a successful Iranian woman responsible for the production of 15% of industry required nano-silica.
Dr. Maryam Razzaghi Azar — an Iranian woman chosen as World's BEST Pediatric Endocrinologist.
Dr. Maryam Taj-Abadi — An Iranian female professor of biotechnology who won “The Muslim World Rania” Award
Leila Keshavarzi — an Iranian inventor and researcher won a gold medal, a silver medal, and a special jury award at the China World Invention Competition.
It’s a platform for showcasing the world's latest scientific and technological achievements. 1000 inventors from 57 countries participated.
Dr. Roja Rahimi wins the 2025 Bionorica Phytoneering Award and ranks among the top 1% most-cited medical researchers worldwide.
She got all of her degrees from Iranian universities, including her PhD.
This information was from a thread written by Arya Yadeghaar from X. You can support him through https://ko-fi.com/aryjeay.
Yes the ironic thing is women in Israel are also harassed for poor dress wear
Hi, thanks heaps for this - just noticed a typo up top - you wrote that maternal mortality is 16 per cent - actually it's 16 per 100K (per 100 000 live births).