Qatar Tribune- Some 100 Iranian women were allowed to watch their country take on Bolivia in a friendly football match at the national stadium on Tuesday, an extremely rare step. Women have been barred from attending matches since the 1979 Islamic revolution, with authorities saying they must be protected from the masculine atmosphere. But on Tuesday ...

Press TV - Saudi Arabia must "immediately and unconditionally" release all women it has arrested and imprisoned on charges relating to their peaceful defense of human rights, officials mandated by the United Nations say. In a statement on Friday, UN human rights experts, who report to the UN Human Rights Council, called for the release of six ...

Euronews | Lene Christensen: There is a phrase that Soraya, a 24 year old woman from Afghanistan, repeats to herself and her friends, especially on days that feel darker than others: Remember that in front of you, there is a door. If you open this door, you will see light. You just have to reach that door. My dream for myself and for ...

MNA Iranian President Rouhani stressed creating equal opportunities for men and women in various fields of social activities, including sports, in a meeting with president of the International Olympic Committee. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met with President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach on Monday evening on ...

BBC - An Iranian photographer has caught the world's attention after she defied restrictions that prevent women from covering men's sporting events. Parisa Pourtaherian, 26, was unable to enter the Vatani Stadium in northern Iran to cover a top-flight football match last month. But she was undeterred and covered the game from a nearby rooftop using ...

MNA The world should understand that women in Iran are very different from women of other Muslim countries, Parvin Farshchi, the recently appointed ambassador of Iran to Finland, said here on Monday. Women in Iran enjoy good freedom; they are good planners. They are the decision-makers and majority of our university students in Iran are ...

IFP - Parvin Farshchi has been appointed as Irans ambassador to Finland as the second female envoy in the history of the Islamic Republic. Farshchi, a former deputy head of Irans Department of Environment, is the second female envoy of the Islamic Republic after Marziyeh Afkham. Afkham was earlier appointed as the Iranian Ambassador to ...

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 ...

IFP - Head of the Iranian Parliaments Women Faction says female lawmakers are considering a motion that sets a quota for women parliamentarians, in a bid to boost the participation of women in the Iranian politics. According to a [draft] motion the faction and the parliaments research centre are working on, we seek to allocate a quota of seats ...

Sputnik- Fans, including women, watched Irans recent clash against Spain at Tehrans biggest stadium, Azadi, which saw a large display set up to provide better viewing for football enthusiasts. According tothe Egyptian dailyAl-Ahram, Iranian women have been allowed tocheer ontheir World Cup 2018 national team fromthe stands forthe first ...

Press TV - Saudi Arabia has arrested three more womens rights activists as the regime intensifies its crackdown weeks before it lifts a driving ban against women. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said Tuesday that the total number of detainees now stands at 10 with the latest arrests. However, the Lebanon-based [Persian] Gulf ...

IFP - The Iranian government has undertaken several measures to empower women and enhance their activities in social arenas and management, in the hope it will help accelerate the development of the country, a senior official says. The Islamic Republic of Iran is determined to help boost participation of women in the job market as part of five-...

IRNA President Hassan Rouhani in a message congratulated the Iranian women's national futsal team on their valuable victory, saying that their championship in the global competition is another indication of the Iranian womens capabilities, dynamism and merit. The message read that valuable championship of the women's national futsal team in Asian ...

Sputnik - About 200 women annually take part in rock climbing competitions in Iran. Elnaz Rekabi is an Iranian climber who has achieved remarkable success and has risen to international fame. She noted that climbing is a unique sport, which develops not only physical strength, but also fortitude, and both of these factors are equally important ...

IFP - About 3,000 Iranian women are serving as rural executives across the country with Khorasan Razavi province in the northeast and Sistan and Baluchestan province in the southeast having the highest number of female local government heads. According to Deputy Head of Irans Rural Councils Department Saeid-Reza Jandaghian, over the past one ...

IFP - Irans Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs says the hundreds of governmental and non-governmental organizations working in the fields of women rights are national assets of the country. In an address to a Saturday ceremony in the Centre for Peace and Environment in Tehran, Massoumeh Ebtekar said there are lots of such organizations ...

IRNA - An Iranian female MP on Monday briefed the 62th meeting of the UN Commission on the Status of Women on the achievements made and measures taken by the Islamic Republic of Iran to support rural women and girls. Addressing a round table debate on economic empowerment of rural women, Parvaneh Salahshoori cited training of 12,000 facilitators from ...

IFP - Irans Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs Massoumeh Ebtekar has called for the establishment of a network among governments, parliaments, NGOs, and women activists to promote peace and security not only in the Middle East but at the international level. Ebtekar, who was addressing the closing ceremony of International Event on ...

IRNA - The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said on Thursday the a Muslim woman is influential in society, leads family and gives man peace of mind whereas the most sought feature of women in the West is her nudity and ability to physically attract men. In a meeting with a group of eulogists Thursday on the occasion of the birth anniversary ...

IRNA | Marziyeh Soleimani: Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif along with his wife participate in �Women, Sustainable Peace and Security� conference which held on the eve of the auspicious birth anniversary of Hazrat Fatima Zahra (as) in the capital Tehran on Thursday.