Latest statistical analysis of women`s political, health, educational

Latest statistical analysis of women's political, health, educational, artistic, cultural and social status in Iran

Coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the Islamic revolution glorious victory, head of the Information and Statistics Center of the women's socio-cultural council presented the media a report on the latest statistical information on women's political, health, educational, artistic, cultural and social status in Iran. This report is as follows:

Population, by Gender (1956-2006) Num ber 40000000

35866362 33314175 34055616 32431511 32913350 30994247 31473335 31952423 34629420 32935956 30515159 31993352 30494482 31011437 32226049 29540329 30030698 31501807 25280961

35000000 30000000 25000000

Female

24164049 20000000 15000000 10000000 5000000

17356347 13355801

Male

16352397

12432921 9644944 9309760 Year

0 1956

1966

1976

1986

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2006

•Women's population in 2006 has been estimated above 34,600,000, which constitutes around %49 of the total population of the country. Women's average population growth has been 1.52 in the last decade. More than %50 of women's population in 2006 was under 25.

Registered Birth, by Gender (1956-2006) Num ber 1200000

1142266

1116789

1000000

800000

600000

Girl

630771642933 658049 572659 605695 601089 603271 600694 597730 590110 560536567022 603102610573628663 573843 582208 582368 576863 545171 564258 578171 549445 534629

572963 528643

400000

Boy

198307 200000

179887

69900 64400

Year

0 1956

1966

1976

1986

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Birth rate in 2007 has been 1,300,000 where females constitute %48.87. The rate increased reaching its peak during the first decade after the revolution in 1979 after which the rate has been decreasing annually. Those who were born in the first decade of the revolution have reached the marriage age and it is likely that the birth rate increases again in the upcoming years.

Mean Age at First Marriage, by Gender (1956-2006) Age 30 24.9

25

24.1

23.6

25.6

26.2

26.3

25 23.7

20

23.2

22.4

19

19 . 7

Female 19 . 8

18 . 4

Male

15 10

5 Year

0 1956

1966

1976

1986

1996

2001

2006

•There have been more than 840,000 registered marriages in 2007. The average first marriage age was 23.2 for women and 26.2 for men in 2006. The marriage age increase has been controlled in recent years.

Life Expectancy at Birth, by Gender (1956-2007) Age 80 70

70.1

70.7

71.2

71.7

72.2

72.7

73.2

73.6

74.1

74.51 74.93

66.7

67.1

67.6

68.1

68.5

68.9

69.77

65.7

66.2

69.4

65.2

63.5 56.2

60 48.2 50

70.7

59.4 52.6

39.8 40 30

69.9

Female

45.1

Male

37.2

20 10 Year

0 1956

1966

1976

1986

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

•Life expectancy since birth has been 75 for females and 70.2 for males in 2007. The index has increased more than 18 years for women in the past 30 years.

Total Fertility Reproduction (TFR) (1956-2006) 8 7 6

7 6.3

6.3

5 4.5

4 3

2.96

2

2.83 2.1

1 0

Year 1956

1966

1976

1986

1996

2004

2006

Rate of (TFR) was estimated 2.1 in 2006. The rate has decreased to 4.2 child as compared to the past 30 years. This shows that the population control has been successfully conducted in the country.

Relative Distribution of Employed Population, by Gender (1956-2006) 100% 80% 60%

90.3

86.7

86.2

9.7

13.3

13.8

91.1

87.9

86.1

8.9

12.1

13.9

84.1

84.3

84.5

85

87.4

86.8

86.8

86.41

12.6

13.2

13.2

13.59

Male Female

40%

2006

2004

2003

2002

15

2001

15.5

2000

15.7

1999

15.9

1998

1997

1996

1986

1976

1956

0%

1966

20% Year

Rate of working women as compared to the total working population has been %13.6 in 2006. The rate has increased to %12.3 as compared to the last ten years.

Relative Distribution of Employed Female, by Status in Employment (19762006) 100%

Not Stated

80%

60%

Cooperative sector Public Sector

40%

Private Sector

20%

0%

Year 1976

1986

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2006

- Working women are distributed as %36.6 in the services sector, %31.8 in the industry and %31.6 in agriculture, %59.7 of working women in the private sector and %37.3 the rest the in public sector.

Number of Government Employees, by Gender (1986-2005) Number 2000000 1671899

1600000

1569495

1614567

1573465

1555288

1499342

1493176

1200000

Female 800000

1014422

Male 688421 683130

400000

714068

714447

788488

757516

712220

419544

0

Year 1986

1997

1999

2001

2003

2004

2005

2006

•Number of working women was estimated above 750,000 in 2006. The rate constitutes %33.6 of the total state employees and has increased to %10 as compared to the last ten years.

relative distribution of households by gender of the head of house hold(1976-2006)

100%

male

80% 60%

female 92.76

92.91

91.63

90.54

7.24

7.09

8.37

9.46

1976

1986

1996

2006

40% 20% 0%

year

- Women guardians of the family as compared to the total guardians of family in 2006 were estimated %9.46. The rate has increased to %13 as compared to the last 10 years and %32 as compared to the last 30 years.

Number of Pensioners Supported by Emam Khomeini Relife Committee (Shahid Rajaee project & Aid project), by Gender (1999-2006) Number 3000000 2477277

2500000

2539781

2531754

2558217 2290532

2279908

2120205

2000000

1820438 1672883

1633773

1467377

1500000

2030295

1524303

Fem ale Male

1604092

1475357

1000000 997626

500000 0

Year 1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

- Number of women to whom Imam Khomeini Relief Committee pension is paid was estimated above 2,100,000 in 2006, which constitutes %51 of the total population receiving the pension. The rate has also decreased %7 as compared to 1999. It is noteworthy that women constituted %64.7 of the total population receiving the committee’s pension in 2005. The rate has decreased for women and increased for men in recent years.

Relative Distribution of Female Population Aged 6 and over, by Literacy Status (1956-2006)

64.52

1956

1966

19.66

19.84

20.15

22.22

23.04

23.96

24.3

25.76

24.67

80.34

80.16

79.85

77.78

76.96

76.04

75.7

75.33

52.07

35.48

7.24

17.41

0%

74.24

Literate

40%

20%

25.79

Illiterate

74.21

82.59

60%

92.76

80%

47.93

100%

Year 1976

1986

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2006

- According to the 2006 census, women’s literacy rate was estimated %80.34 as compared to the total population of women above 6. The rate constitutes %46.68 of the total literate population of the country. It has also increased more than %126 as compared to the last 30 years.

Number of Students, by Gender (1956-2008) Number 12000000

9750223 9301661 8613124 9699560 9755153 7872610 8993471 7180607 9706283 8739010 8297282 8470241 7978101 7661927 7432766 8521068 8640329 8777149

10000000 8000000

8278130

6337392

6000000

Female Male

2777724

1969139 763744

2007-2008

2006-2007

2005-2006

2004-2005

2003-2004

2002-2003

2001-2002

2000-2001

1999-2000

1998-1999

1997-1998

1996-1997

1986-1987

1956-1957

1976-1977

1024688 324658

0

1966-1967

2000000

4647612

4565018

4000000

7730638 7391739 7017448 7222859 6791723

Year

- Number of female students has been estimated above 6,791,000 in 2008. The rate constitutes %48.6 of the total number of students and has decreased to %20.3 as compared to the last 10 years due to the population control. However, the rate has increased to %144 as compared to the past 30 years. It is also noteworthy that girls attend almost %63 of the pre-university courses.

Relative Distribution of Educational Staff, by Gender (1956-2007) 100%

80%

60%

30335

65212

147173 321541 499501 507683 512912 523278 525484 523637 519545 533141 519409 504456 491289

Male Female

40%

20%

13141

41608

132761 251817 432157 435533 452193 468038 471535 472911 476040 535300 527433 517265 511522

Year

2006-2007

2005-2006

2004-2005

2003-2004

2002-2003

2001-2002

2000-2001

1999-2000

1998-1999

1997-1998

1996-1997

1986-1987

1976-1977

1966-1967

1956-1957

0%

- Number of female employees of the Ministry of Education was estimated 511,522 in 2007. The rate constitutes %51 of the ministry total employees. The rate has increased more than %285 as compared to the last 30 years.

Relative Distribution of Instructors of Literacy Movement Org, by Gender (1981-2006) 100% 11336 80%

13242

13696

13410

11494

12599

8085

6738

6344

6605

6830

7235

7553

60%

40%

Male

27202

24432

41432

41513

30521

36929

29365

24040

24574

31593

37836

40170

41876

Female

20%

Year

0% 1981

1986

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

- Number of women learners of the Literacy Movement was estimated around 41,800 in 2006, which constitutes %84.72 of the total Movement learners. The rate has increased to %71.4 as compared to the past 20 years.

Number of Learners under Coverage of Literacy Movement Org, by Gender (1981-2006) Num ber 1400000 1149524

1200000

1100244

1000000

908475

887887

800000

840257 735669

724094

916206 689198

567862 510307

640336 359243 400000 147276

315794 151056

0 1981

1986

Male

720250

600000

200000

Female

1996

141449 160694

138032 1997

1998

1999

2000

140012

136917 2001

176365 208449

136596

131124

2002

2003

2004

Year 2005

2006

- Number of women learners of the Movement has been reported around 1,150,000 in 2006, which constitutes %85.65 of the total learners. The rate has increased to %58.75 as compared to the past 20 years.

Number of Examinees in Entrance Examination of State Universities and Higher Education Institutes, by Gender (1998-2007) Number 1200000 1004142

1005092

1013648

1000000 800000

739665

788448

738377

851189

809084 624424

600000

696739

672267

536427

981662

560147

825782

619390 618929

Femal e Male

756847 581306

538480 518113 440924

400000 200000 0

Year 1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

- Total number of female participants of the 2008 university entrance exam has been reported 756,847. The number constitutes %63.19 of total participants in 2008, which is 5.7 times higher than the number in the past 25 years.

number of female students admitted to state universities and higher education institutes by broad field of study (1996-2006) 300000

285634

250000

200000

Female

185857 201771 141002

150000 106437 100000 90600

50000

67456

87727 66374

90313 75765

84387 78898

87861

98589

142967 154669

116927

89802

Male

120399

123503

20032004

20042005

104109

0 19961997

19971998

19981999

19992000

20002001

20012002

20022003

20052006

20062007

- Number of females admitted to state higher education centers was reported 285,634 in 2007, which is 20 times more than the number in the past 30 years.

42.31

44.7

Doctorate (Ph.D&P.D)

63.44

Master's

44.27

Bachelor's

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0

Associate's

relative distribution of female students admitted to state universities and higher education institutes by academic level in 2006

- Percentage of females admitted into university as compared to the total admitted population in 2007 was %44.27 for associate, %63.4 for BA, %42.3 for MA and %44.7 for PhD students.

Num ber

Number of Graduates from State Universities and Higher Education Institutes, by Gender (1976-2006)

100000

89895

80000 65504 55521

60000

73805

72633

71080

73970

76147

88890

93686 84063 Fem ale

58685 64378

70712

Male

57778 56037 40000

40433

18488

28361

20000

48492

32366

2005-2006

2004-2005

2003-2004

2002-2003

2001-2002

2000-2001

1999-2000

1998-1999

1997-1998

1986-1987

1996-1997

8439

0

Year

- Number of women graduates of state higher education centers has been 93,686 in 2006, which constitutes %52.7 of the total graduates. The rate is 6.7 times higher as compared to the last 30 years.

Number of Teaching Staff of State Universities and Higher Education Institutes, by Gender (1976-2007) Num ber 70000 59701

60000 48537

50000

62203 65869

55362

44899 36655

40000

38444

37513 38152

Female

33306

Male

30000 20000 10000

11894 12048 7171 2058

7417

8246

8027

8595

12413 13188 10070 11226

15932 16476

2293

2006-2007

2005-2006

2004-2005

2003-2004

2002-2003

2001-2002

2000-2001

1999-2000

1998-1999

1997-1998

1996-1997

1986-1987

1976-1977

0 Year

- Number of women employees of educational departments of the state higher education centers has been 16,476 in 2007, which constitutes %20 of the total educational staff in universities. The rate is 7 times higher as compared to the past 30 years.

Number of Candidates in Different Terms of Islamic Consultative Assembly, by Gender Number 8000

7344 6340

6000

6583

5046 3628

Term 1

Term 2

Term 3

320

513 Term 6

28

81

Term 5

66

37

Term 4

1962

1564

828

585 Term 8

3152

2000 0

Male

Term 7

4000

Female

- Number of women candidates for the 8th parliamentary elections was 585, which constitutes %8.16 of the total candidates. The number is five times more as compared to women candidates of the first parliamentary elections.

Number of Elected in Different Terms of Islamic Consultative Assembly, by Gender Number 300 262

250

270

278

176

200

Female 133

150 95

Male

131

118

14

12

13

8

Term 8

9

Term 7

4

Term 6

4

Term 5

4

Term 3

50

Term 2

100

Term 4

Term 1

0

- Number of women MPs of the 8th parliament is 8, which constitutes to %2.76 of total number of MPs. The number is twice as more as the number of women MPs in the first round of parliament. It has also decreased to %42.8 as compared to the 5th round.

Number of Elected in Different Terms of Urben & Rural Islamic Councils, by Gender

Number 200000 160000

152983

162605

Female

120000

107645

Male

80000 40000 1375

2336

1491

0 Term 1

Term 2

Term 3

- Number of women members of the 3rd Islamic councils in rural and urban areas was reported as 1,491. The number has increased to %8.44 as compared to the first round.

number of women ngo's according to the filed of activity (1996-2007) 1200 980

1000 800

800

600

577

400

337

200 0

55 1996

67

89

137

248

260

489

277 year

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

- Number of women NGOs who have a working license up until the end of 2007 has reached 980, which is 16 times more than the last 10 years.

number of women's periodicals 4000 3420

3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500

143

0 Women's Periodicals

total

relative number and percentage of periodicals published by women 4000 3420

3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500

369

0 Periodicals Published by Women

total

According to the latest reports published by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, out of a total number of 3420 periodicals published in the last 30 years, 143 were about women and family. The number constitutes %4 of the total publications. Furthermore, out of the total publications in the country, 369 periodicals are published by women, which constitutes %11 of the total number.

number of female license holders by the year of license 120

101 100

87

80 60

38

40 20

5

4

befor 1987

1987-90

10

0 1991-95

1996-99

2000-2003

2004-2007

number of female editorial directors by the year of license 160

148

140

124

120 100 80 53

60 40 20

7

12

13

1987-90

1991-95

0 befor 1987

1996-99

2000-2003

2004-2007

- Number of women license holders and directing managers who have received a license of a periodical in 2004-2007 was 249, which constitutes %10 of total managers of periodicals. The rate is 15 times higher than the last two decades.

number of books published about women or family in the country number 600 484

500 398

400

294

300 200

194

221

185

325

372

336

407

205

145

100 0

year 1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

- Number of books published about women and family in 2007 was 407, which has increased to %180.7 as compared to the past ten years.

number of published books by author's gender

number 20000

17781

16768 15123

15000

17817

17765

16970 14561

11248

Female

8799

10000

Male

10035

6062 7007

5000 1042

4630

3535 2169

1484

2378

5175

4258

3366

1828

0 1996

1997

1998

5378

4764

year 1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

- Number of books published by women authors in 2007 has been 5378, which constitutes %23.24 of the total published books in the same year. The rate is 5 times higher than the number in the past 10 years.

number of authors

number 20000 18000 16000 14000 12000 9433 8408 10000 8000 7419 6000 6239 4000 1078 736 820 2000 642 0 1996 1997 1998 1999

18227

16213 13970 15309

12131 13272

13122

Female

9476

Male

1624

2796

1954

1219

3643

2557

2262

2039

year 2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

- Number of women authors in 2007 has been estimated 3643, which constitutes %16.6 of total number of authors in country in the same year. The number is almost 5 times higher than the number in the past ten years.

number

5000 4500 4000 3500 3000 2500 1880 2000 1500 1000 361 500 0 1996

number of translators

4216 3793

3661 4150

4387

3786 2587

2284

Female Male

2346

1948 469

3319

479

561

666

913

965

1078

1210

1365

1175 887

year 1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

- Number of women translators in 2007 has been 1365, which constitutes %23.7 of total number of translators in the same year. The rate has increased more than %250 as compared to the last 10 years.

number of 'book of year' winners by Gender

number 35

30

29

30 25 20

15

17

17 14

15

15

10

20

Female

18

Male

13

13

10 5 1 0 1996

6 1

1997

2

1998

1

1999

2 0

2000

2001

2

2002

3

2003

2

2004

1

2005

2

2006

2007

year

- Number of title holder women in 2007 was 6, which has increased a lot as compared to the last years.

Quran National Activitists Divided by kind of Gender and Activity in 2007 70 60

60 50

50

Female 40

40

Male

40 30 20

15

15

10 0 quran reciters

quran memorizers

quranic contests referees

Up to 2007 the number of women who are reciter and retentive of Quran at national competition are 40, and it is reported that some of them have entered to International Quranic Competitions. Also,The number of women jurors at Quranic Competitions have been 15, that this is %50 of total number of state Quranic Competition jurors.

number of dramas performed about women and family(2005-2007) number 12 10 10

8 8

6 6

4 2 0

year 2005

2006

2007

- Number of theater performances about women and family has been 10, which has increased to %66.67 as compared to the past years.

number of plays written divided by playwrights gender (2005-2007) number 16 14

15

12 12

12

10

Female Male

8 8

6 4

5

5

2 0

year 2005

2006

2007

- Number of theater performances directed by women in 2007 has been 12, which constitutes %44.4 of the total performances in the same year. The rate has increased to %140 as compared to the past years.

number of works displayed in visual exhibits on women and family (2003-2007) number 600 500 500

400 300 250

200

200

100

210

130

0

year 2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

- Number of visual arts exhibitions portraying women and family in 2007 has been reported 500, which is more than three times higher as compared to the past years.

number of visual arts exhibitions divided by artists gender (2003-2007) number 16

14

14 12

10

10 8

Female 6

4

Male 5

6

6

3

5

5

4

2 1

0 2003

2004

2005

year 2006

2007

- Number of visual arts exhibitions held by women in 2007 has been 6, which constitutes %30 of the total visual arts exhibits held in the same year. The number has increased to %20 as compared to the past years.

number of works selected at domestic visual arts festivals divided by artists gender (2003-2007) number 35

30

30 25 Female

20

Male

14

15

10 8

10 4

5

6

0 2003

2

2004

4 5

2005

3

2006

year 2007

- Number of women's selected works in visual arts domestic festivals in 2007 has been 30, which is more than twice as much as men's works in the same year. The number has also increased to %200 as compared to past years.

63 39 13 18 31 3 5 5 0 2 13 10 11 6 4 4 11 9

musicians preparations managers boom operators camera assistants short films

88

directors cinema instructors line producers documentary line producers film designers

80

animations production assistants critics irans film laboratories stunts documentray makers technical designers cinema owners production managers cinema photographers camera operators cinema managers editors assistant directors scriptwriters

makeup artists

40

dubbing crew

case

number

number of women members of the cinema house divided by societies and centers till 2007

200 185

160

120 81

53 30 2 1 5 1 3

0

- Number of women members of the House of Cinema has been 664 until 2007. The majority of them were actors, makeup artists and critics associations.

Number of Female Athletes Under the Coverage of Physical Training Organization (1986-2006) Number 3500000

3246810

3000000 2502712

2500000 2000000 1500000

1125236

1051093 903580

1000000

1273006 1199121

1113500 977465

893000

500000 189276

0

Year 1986

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2005

2006

- Number of women athletes covered by sports groups of the physical education organization has been more than 3,246,000 in 2006. The rate is 16 times more than as compared to the last 20 years.

Number of Female Coaches of Sports Nationwide (1986-2007)

Number

88353 84933

95211

91794

32466

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

1996

20948 19465

16449

13133

1382

17982

15016

11248

1986

100000 90000 80000 70000 60000 50000 40000 30000 20000 10000 0

Year

Number of Female Referees of Sports Nationwide (1986-2007) Number 70000 60000

56524

59490

62457

65424

50000 40000 30000 20000

16489 9704

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2000

1998

1997

11112

2002

10408

9001

2001

8297

5183

1996

449

1986

0

7494

1999

10000

Year

- Number of women's sports coaches and referees in 2007 has been reported 61534, which is more than 33 times more than the last 20 years.