On 16 août 06, at 21:37, Doug Henwood wrote:
> 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?
Compare that to the 1980 figures:
labor force participation-> Iran 20 / LMI 41 +60% in Iran, almost nothing in LMI.
Jean-Christophe