Shahindokht Mollaverdi, presidential deputy in women and family affairs admitted despite the fact that women comprise half of the workers and employees of the Education Ministry, only one per cent of managers in this ministry are women.
Mollahverdi also acknowledged that the average age of girls who become victims of various social damages has dropped significantly. At the same time, more girls are dropping out of school and deprived from education because of early and forcible marriages among other reasons, she noted. (state-run Fars news agency, Aug. 18, 2015)
