{"id":349337,"date":"2026-11-14T18:05:23","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T17:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=349337"},"modified":"2026-11-14T18:05:23","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T17:05:23","slug":"iranian-women-get-educated-the-regime-shuts-them-out-of-the-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/women\/iranian-women-get-educated-the-regime-shuts-them-out-of-the-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Women Get Educated\u2014The Regime Shuts Them Out of the Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Women make up most university applicants, yet barely one in seven participates in Iran\u2019s labor market<\/a>. The contradiction is not merely social discrimination. It is the destruction of human capital on a national scale.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the past several decades, Iranian women have become increasingly educated, yet the country\u2019s economy has proved remarkably incapable of employing them.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The contradiction is visible in the Iranian regime\u2019s own numbers. Women account for more than 60 percent of university applicants, according to officials, while another state-media report put their share of higher-education entrants at 64 percent<\/a>. Yet in spring 2026, only 13.7 percent of working-age women participated in the labor market, compared with 67.8 percent of men. Female unemployment stood at 16.7 percent, more than twice the male rate of 7.5 percent.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Those figures reveal something more serious than unemployment. A woman who wants work but has stopped actively searching is not counted as unemployed; she disappears from the labor force altogether. With female participation below 14 percent<\/a>, Iran\u2019s unemployment rate captures only the small minority of women who remain economically active. The larger story is exclusion.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Youth Employment Crisis: Jobless Rate for Young Women Nears 35%
\ud83d\udca5Recent official statistics have sounded the alarm on a worsening youth employment crisis, with the jobless rate for young women climbing to a staggering 35%. This sharp rise underscores a growing challenge in the\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/1Z8caqw8lS<\/a><\/p>\n

— Women's Committee NCRI (@womenncri) May 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n