Iranian restrictions of undergraduate women draw criticism
SEP 06, 2012
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.026316
Science : In response to Iran’s announcement that women would be banned from 77 undergraduate degree programs, an international group of scholars and human rights groups called the policy “appalling.” The International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies condemned Iran’s policy and asked the United Nations and Iran’s fellow members of the Non-Aligned Movement to speak out. Women currently account for 65% of Iran’s undergraduates and approximately 70% of the degrees earned in the sciences. The new policy would ban them from enrolling in degrees in engineering, chemistry, and many other scientific and technical subjects.
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