INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

OFBASIC AND APPLIED SCIENCE

ISSN: 2301-4458

Vol. 01, No. 02

Oct 2012

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Study of Job Status and Education of Women in Iran

Mohammad Reza Iravani1 and Mina Arvaneh2

1Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Islamic Azad,

University Khomeinishahr Branch, Daneshjou Blvd, Iran.

iravani@iaukhsh.ac.ir

2Social worker and Senior Expert and Head of Unit Comprehensive Center for

Rehabilitation and maintenance of educational and mental disabilities

arvaneh_ir@yahoo.com

Key words Abstract

Education,

Employment,

Unemployment,

Inequality

Traditionally girls and women in Iran have been in a disadvantageous position

with reference to education and employment as elsewhere in the world. But some

of the factors, such as the initiative taken during the reign of the Shah and the

post-Revolution reforms have had mixed impact on the education of women in the

Iran. While enrolment of girls and women in education recorded increase over

the years, the nature of education remained more or less unfavourable to women.

Education after the Islamic Revolution has been used to promote the values of

Islam, and to construct the ideals of motherhood and wifehood. Similarly,

equality in employment outside home in terms of both the types of occupations and

remuneration has remained a goal still to be achieved. Both traditional values,

and the types and levels of education really open to them have contributed to this

situation of women’s employment in Iran

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