Doug Henwood Talks

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: .

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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