[lbo-talk] Iran: World Bank Gender Stats

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Aug 16 05:37:15 PDT 2006


On Aug 16, 2006, at 6:47 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


> The World Bank Gender Stats for Iran should be useful, for it allows
> us to compare it with other countries in the "Middle East & North
> Africa" and other "Lower Middle Income" countries:
> <http://devdata.worldbank.org/genderstats/genderRpt.asp?
> rpt=profile&cty=IRN,Iran,%20Islamic%20Rep.&hm=home>.

And they're not that impressive - adult literacy for women is 70%, compared with 86% for other lower-middle-income countries. Labor force is 33% female in Iran, vs. 42% in other LMI countries. Of course, your prince is still relatively new in office, so maybe we should give him time?

Doug



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