The Do’s and Don’ts of Women in Prison; A Conversation with Alieh Shekarbigi/ Pedram Tahsini

By looking at the statistics, we will realize that the number of convicted women in courts and subsequently the female prison population is growing. However, less attention has been paid to their issues and problems upon their return to society. Neglecting this important issue has always increased concerns about the mental health of these individuals, […]...

Read More

Nayereh Tavakoli: Women are disproportionately criminalized/ Ali Kalaei

Discrimination against women can be seen in various forms and situations in the country, but it seems that when it comes to prisons and female suspects and criminals, this discrimination becomes even more severe. For this reason, and to examine this issue from a sociological perspective, the monthly journal “Khat-e-Solh” turned to Nireh Tavakoli, a […]...

Read More

Gender, expulsion, poverty, and incarcerated women/ Marzieh Mohabbi

The life of incarcerated women is more than that of free women, subject to gender discrimination. Women who are deprived and homeless are thrown into the trap of a criminal life, and are also subject to removal and expulsion. The social system condemns them to a useless surplus and exiles them, depriving them of their […]...

Read More

“Women prisoners and the struggle against discrimination / Zahra Bagheri-Shad”

Minority women make up prisoners all over the world, estimated to be between two and nine percent of the total prison population. This is despite the fact that the number of female prisoners has significantly increased in some countries and even compared to the number of male prisoners, the increase in female prisoners is remarkable. […]...

Read More

The destructive effects of imprisoning women on families and society / Hermoz Sharifian

The beginning of the modern era marked the beginning of significant changes for societies, especially traditional ones, as many customary and religious rules, as well as common boundaries, were altered or shifted. One of the most important changes was the increased and more prominent presence of women in social spheres. With the rise of the […]...

Read More

The challenges of life after prison for women / Farzaneh Goli

Women usually pay more attention to the location and space of the prison when describing it. This is why being separated from other public spaces is one of the characteristics that they focus on. For example, a female prisoner with less than a high school education, whose husband has passed away and has three daughters, […]...

Read More

Retirees in Iran: Asset or Burden?/ Alireza Goodarzi

News from the first deputy is being published, stating that retirees are a burden on the government and a financial burden; it is quickly denied and the news publisher is also arrested. These statements are representative of the same perspective we are familiar with: the worker is a burden on the employer, the sick are […]...

Read More

Interview with Alireza Mirghafari, labor representative in the Supreme Council of Labor / Ali Kalai

The issue of minimum wage and its approval process in the Supreme Labor Council in the final days of last year sparked many discussions. Some media outlets referred to the method of determining it as a strange coincidence, and some used the term “wage suppression” to describe it. In this regard, and considering the importance […]...

Read More

Interview with Mohsen Izadkhah, former deputy of the Social Security Organization / Matin Mostafaei

One of the ongoing dissatisfactions regarding setting a minimum wage in Iran is that the cost of living for workers always exceeds the approved wage. For example, comparing the approved wage to the cost of living for workers shows that in the past five years, the cost of living for workers has consistently been higher […]...

Read More

Conversation with Ali Khodayi, Vice President of the Supreme Council of Islamic Councils / Farzaneh Goli

Worker, is considered one of the most complex elements in the production process. Although workers receive lower wages compared to skilled labor, they play a vital role in the economic and production cycle. This is while they are clearly faced with issues such as delayed payment of wages. What causes workers to usually face difficult […]...

Read More

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 […]...

Read More

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 […]...

Read More