Iranian universities shut female students out of dozens of fields. Women make up nearly 70% of Iranian graduates in science, more than half in social science, business and law, and more than a quarter in engineering, manufacturing and construction

curious67 · 2012-08-27T11:29:34+00:00

from another article:

http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/studium/universitaeten-im-iran-verbannen-frauen-aus-bestimmten-studiengaengen-a-851705.html

Ayatolloa Chameini wants the population to increase from 75 million to 150 or 200 Million.

Birth rate in Iran has dropped to 1.5 children per woman, below replacement rate. Well educated women play a major role in this.

2012-08-27T13:04:46+00:00

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curious67 · 2012-08-27T11:17:10+00:00

Three dozen universities across the country are not allowing women to study in 77 different majors, according to the Shafaf news website and Mehr News. The barred majors, which differ from school to school, reportedly include several fields in engineering, history and English.

Women enroll in Iranian universities at higher rates than men, which puts the country at odds with the rest of the region, according a UNESCO study two years ago.

EpicJ · 2012-08-27T11:31:20+00:00

Education officials also stopped men from going into nursing this year

the government was trying to squelch the women's movement.

from comments

Women should be given the opportunity to study whatever they choose to study. And men should not complain that women are too competent, they should themselves become more competitive.

A problem that is affecting both genders so lets all focus on the women despite the education system in Iran is completely failing for men, education is the best thing for both genders as an informed person tends to be more rationalized and want equality, all those kids dropping out of primary school will most likely be closed minded when they grow up.

2012-08-27T15:38:18+00:00

are people upvoting this because they agree with this? I'm confused

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