Sexual Segregation In Iran

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After the Revolution, the status of women changed. Prior to the Revolution, Iranian community practiced public sexual segregation. The Pahlavi government was the main supporter of change in perspectives toward segregation of the genders. The government encouraged women to accomplish as much education as they could and to participate in the labor force at every level. In addition, it attempted to discourage veiling of women at official functions and encouraged mixed participation in a variety of public gatherings. In 1963, voting rights and the right hold public office were given to women.
Since the 1920s, oil and gas have been the two main industries in Iran. In fact, Iran was the world's fourth-largest producer of crude oil and the second largest exporter of petroleum at the peak of its oil industry in the mid-1970s. In the 1980s, the war with Iraq cut Iran's production. The outbreak of war decreased industrial and petroleum development, …show more content…

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