According to the head of the Islamic Labor Council in Gilan (North), almost 60% of farming is carried out by women, however, they do not get social support. He referred to the regime’s anti-popular policies and said, “These workers prefer to forgo their legal rights in order to preserve their profits because if they receive insurance their daily expenses will increase by 100,000 rials.”
(State-run ILNA news agency – December 12, 2014)