Baku, Azerbaijan, Apr. 27
By Khalid Kazimov – Trend:
Women have occupied 60 percent of job vacancies created over the last Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2015-March 20, 2016) in Iran, a minister has said.
Iranian Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare Ali Rabiei has said the country over the last year created 700,000 job vacancies and women have occupied 60 percent of the total number.
The minister made the remarks through a video message released on social media on April 27.
He further expressed support for female entrepreneurs and said he has tasked the Omid Entrepreneurship Fund to allocate facilities for female entrepreneurs.
According to the World Bank, the Iranian economy bounced back sharply in 2016 at an estimated 6.4 percent. However, the unemployment rate returned to a three-year high of 12.7 percent (or 3.3 million unemployed) in the second quarter of 2016 despite the high growth rate in this period.
