Iran: High unemployment among educated women

Iran: High unemployment among educated women

Unemployment rate among educated women of Iran has doubled and they are widely disappointed.

Presidential deputy Shahindokht Molaverdi depicted a grim picture of the situation of women in Iran in the final day of the meetings of “regional popular organizations – RPOs” in the northern city of Gorgan on January 4.

Molaverdi acknowledged that educated women are widely disappointed and that the unemployment rate for educated women has doubled.

Expressing frustration over Iran’s gender gap ranking --141st among 145 countries—she revealed that there has been a regression with regards to women who have not been able to continue their education.

She also admitted that the number of female heads of household in Iran is on the rise, presently standing at 2.5 million.

Iran: Swedish woman arrested in Gorgan

Sanya Bobnevich

A Swedish national was arrested along with a friend by the Revolutionary Guards Corps Intelligence in Gorgan on December 13.

Her residence was thoroughly searched and some of her personal belongings confiscated.

Ms. Sanya Bobnevich, 48, is originally from Croatia but has Swedish citizenship. She moved to Iran in 2004 because she suffered from MS and needed exposure to sun light as part of her treatment. She was on special diet and took medicine that were sent to her from Sweden.