Period: The end of a sentence, or the end of girls’ education? / Faran Fanaian

On May 28th (8th of Khordad) is World Menstrual Hygiene Day; a day designated for educating about menstrual hygiene. The reason for choosing this date is that May is the fifth month of the year and many women experience bleeding for an average of five days each month, and the menstrual cycle is usually 28 […]...

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Rethinking the concept of poverty in Iranian working-class households / Amin Ghazaei

Economic indicators consider poverty as a “reduction in quality of life” or “deprivation”, meaning a decrease in access to material resources. Measuring the decline in income compared to the poverty line (poverty line index) or the decrease in purchasing power are major methods for calculating the level of poverty. In sociological studies, the social effects […]...

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Tripartism in labor law and determination of minimum wage in Iran; from dream to reality / Alireza Goodarzi

At the opening ceremony of the construction of the International Labour Organization building in June 1926, three golden keys were unveiled to unlock three locks. These three golden keys were symbolic representations of an important principle in labor rights that remains a golden rule: tripartism. Years of effort to achieve fair working conditions had shown […]...

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Living wage and struggle for survival/ Amir Aghaei

The struggle for survival is a term that is less used in today’s world and in the field of economy, but for workers, employers, and even the government, conditions have become so difficult and exhausting that they must fight for their survival and continuity of their activities. Workers and their families are worried about their […]...

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Ineffective criteria in determining minimum wage/ Ehsan Haghani

Work and using one’s own hands to provide for their own and their family’s needs has been one of the most common ways of life for humans since ancient times. The emergence of the Industrial Revolution and the expansion of industries, along with the increase in demand for labor on one hand and the effort […]...

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Is determining wages regionally effective?/ Sina Yousefi

Basic rights and minimum wage are referred to by the International Labor Organization as a set of rights that an employer is obligated to pay to their employees for work done during a specific period of time, and cannot be reduced by the will of either party or collective agreement. The purpose of this component […]...

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A Look at the Legal and Economic Issues of Contractual Workers in 1403/ Musa Barzin

In 1403, similar to previous years, the minimum wages of workers at various levels increased. We witnessed an increase of almost 35%. However, this amount is not enough to cover the expenses of a normal life, according to many experts. In other words, a citizen who is expected to have a normal life in exchange […]...

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Be careful, workers are sacrificing themselves. / Pedram Tahsini

According to the inflation reported by the Statistical Center of Iran and the Central Bank, we have extracted the monthly cost of living for a family of 3.3 members until the end of Azar month 1402 (December 2023) to be 23 million and 500 thousand tomans. This was stated by Mohsen Bagheri, the deputy head […]...

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People have become the hidden victims of “low wages”/ Hormoz Sharifian.

Investigating the approved minimum wage for workers in 1403, still puts this hard-working spectrum of Iranian society at risk of countless social dangers, the headline of which is “poverty and misery”. This amount of wages, even with the sudden rise of the “dollar price” against the “destroyed national currency” – which intensified even more with […]...

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The Negative Effects of Low Wages on the Mental Health of Workers/ Saghar Rahimi

“Father didn’t give bread, father gave life. He had been absent for a long time; sometimes for temporary and difficult jobs in big cities, sleeping in cars and parks, and sometimes for months-long detentions in prison for protesting low wages, delayed payments, and harsh working conditions that had pushed him to the edge and eventually […]...

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