Iran and Ayatollah Khomeini?

Question

Apparently as a result of Khomeini the literacy rate has increased since the revolution. Does this mean that women were also educated? Because I thought that women weren't really allowed to be educated...?

Answer 1

yes women in Iran are allowed to be educated. Iran leads the region in women entering the medical field. most dentist in Iran are women. it was in Taliban controlled Afghanistan that women were in most cases not allowed to educated.

Answer 2

Women's education:
In recent years, the number of young Iranian women who have been admitted to universities has risen dramatically. In the last five years alone, Iranian women have made up more than 60 percent of university entrants. It's a surprising development for the Islamic Republic. Experts say education has a strong social value for the country's women, who see it as a way to gain greater freedom. But some Iranian officials have expressed concern about the trend.

Prague, 19 November 2003 (RFE/RL) -- The growing numbers of young women in Iran's universities is considered a phenomenon that has already brought substantial change to the country's traditionally male-dominated society.

Iranian women are using university studies as a way to leave home, postpone marriage, and generally earn greater freedom and social respect.

Dr. Said Peyvandi is a Paris-based professor of social sciences who follows issues relating to Iran's educational system. In an interview with Radio Farda, Peyvandi said the already strong presence of women in the universities will play a significant role in shaping Iran's future.

"The remarkable educational progress of Iranian girls in the last decade should be considered a social phenomenon, because its implications for social relations, the labor market, and the status of women in society and in the family are very, very important in determining the future of Iran," Peyvandi said.
http://www.parstimes.com/women/women_universities.html


You can read about the women's movement in Iran
http://www.iranchamber.com/podium/history/020312_women_secularization_islamization1.php