Iran Education and Variation

Question 1

Gap in literacy rate

Answer 1

90% for males 80% for females

Question 2

What happened in the 90s under which president

Answer 2

Rafsanjani expanded education, e.g. Women’s Studies into women’s rights at universities

Question 3

What happened in the 2000s under which president

Answer 3

Ahmadinejad contracted education, e.g. making family-planning classes for married women mandatory, expanding segregation of higher education, and banning women from enrolling in 70 courses

Question 4

% of educated women which can find work

Answer 4

20-25%

Question 5

of men v women in work

Answer 5

25m vs 3.5m