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Statistics
indicate that unemployment among educated women has reached 65.5%. Experts say
unemployment among women and educated women shows two fundamental issues.
First,
women’s enthusiasm to take part in economic activities and participate in the
job market have tremendously increased over the past two decades to the point
where the number of women currently admitted to universities and receiving
education is greater than men; this reminds us of the duty of the government
and policy makers to provide suitable conditions and adequate grounds for
women’s economic participation and employment as many women have abandoned the
traditional viewpoint of remaining at home.
There
are 5,305,000 educated women, 1,282,000 of whom are employed and 546,000 are
seeking employment.
The
general unemployment rates among] college educated men and women in Iran is
currently 18.5%. Unemployment rate for men is 13%, while it is 65.5% among
educated women. In the meantime, the number of educated women seeking jobs is
currently higher than men who do the same.
54.3%
of the total number of college graduates are men, of which 61.6%
are economically active (87% employed and 13% unemployed), and 38.4% are
considered inactive.
46.6%
of college graduates are women, of whom 34.5% are economically active (70.1%
employed and 29.9% unemployed), and 65.5% are considered economically inactive.
