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“Empowerment; Empowered Women; Life without Violence” Conference

Hospitals, ambulances, schools and displaced people escaping violence are being routinely targeted by airstrikes in Syria, resulting in high numbers of deaths and injuries, and making September the...

Dwindling resources could severely jeopardize efforts to provide refugees and displaced persons across the Middle East with essential winter supplies such as thermal blankets and warm clothing, the...

More than 40 million people around the world were victims of modern slavery – forced labour and forced marriage – in 2016, a United Nations study has found, revealing the true scale of such...

The Welfare Deputy of the Welfare Ministry, Ahmad Midri gave news of the launch of a census on Iranian women who are married to Afghan men and said: “The issuing of ID cards and documents for the...

The Zoroastrian Women’s Organization, an NGO founded in 1950 in Iran, is trying to empower women and girls in different aspects, Mehrangiz Shahzadi, the vice president of the organization said.

Samaneh Shad-Del has been elected as the mayor for district 2 of the city of Zanjan, northwestern Iran.

The Iraqi Government must ensure that the thousands of women and girls who survived sexual violence by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) terrorist fighters receive care,...

A group of female cyclists in western Tehran has established an NGO on the belief that bicycle provides affordable and clean transportation.

The first assembly of female experts in Iran, dubbed “women’s parliament”, opened in the city of Torbat-e Heydariyeh, northeastern Khorasan Razavi province, on Sunday.

Some 180,000 breadwinner women across the country are currently supported by the State Welfare Organization, said Habibollah Masoudi-Farid, the deputy director of the organization.

Zahra Pishgahi-Fard, the director general for human rights and women’s affairs at the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in her visit to Jakarta, Indonesia, visited Yohana Susana Yembise, the...

The Iranian parliament (Majlis) is considering a bill that would facilitate the procedure of passport issuance for female athletes, scientists, and traders, IRNA reported on Friday.

There are currently 22 centers across Iran providing shelter for homeless women and those who are victims of domestic violence.

The number of women in the Iranian job market has experienced a 40 percent growth over the past three years, Irantalent.com reported.

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh has issued an order, paving the way for women with high capabilities to boost presence in the oil industry.

As heavy fighting continues to drive large numbers of people from Mosul, the United Nations refugee agency appealed for urgent support to meet the critical needs of vulnerable children, women and...

Six women have been elected to Tehran’s 5th city council election, registering a record high out of the total 21 members.

With the liberation of Mosul imminent, the international community must maintain a dual focus on defeating the remaining Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) forces in Iraq, and on...

The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology supports women’s creative and innovative activities, the telecom minister Mahmoud Vaezi said here on Tuesday.