The issue of cardboard sleeping in Iran discussed with Hossein Hatami, member of the Social Commission of Parliament / Ali Kalaei.

Experts in the field of social pathology in Iran speak of reaching the age of cardboard sleeping at twelve years old. (1) Members of the Tehran City Council refer to cardboard sleeping as a type of “lifestyle.” (2) And in the last days of autumn last year, the Deputy of Social Support of the Welfare, […]...

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Conversation with women who have reached the pinnacle of success from the days of sleeping in cardboard boxes / Nazanin Zekayi

On the 23rd of Bahman month in the year 1400, the steps of two young heroines, one 18 years old and the other 38 years old, reached the first and third place of the national Karate competition in the Kyokushin IFK style in Europe. These girls, who are now leaving for Spain to taste the […]...

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Examining the Impact of Gender on a Social Problem Called “Cartoon Sleeping” / Nasim Sultanbeigi

The main character of the book. My sad memories of my beloved ones. The journalist is an elderly person who wants to give himself a crazy night of love with a young girl on the eve of his ninetieth birthday; a decision that ultimately fills his life with a sense of liberation that he had […]...

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Who is a cardboard sleeper and why should special attention be paid to women cardboard sleepers? / Mehrnoush No’odost

From the sounds of drums and tambourines, it was understood that they had arrived; a caravan of about one hundred women, children, and men who announced their entry into the city with dancing and singing. The mother would say, “The summer travelers are coming after their long journey.” It was the same every year; the […]...

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From the verb “to sell”; the life of cardboard box women among everyday language / Lili Nikunazar

One of the social workers who has years of experience working in the field of empowering Iranian cardboard box women, came to understand something from the everyday language of these women that helped her understand a shocking and disturbing part of their daily lives in just one moment. At first, she realized that these women […]...

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Field Report on “Patoq” Cardboard Beds in “Karaj Square” / Mahsa Ahmadi

Akram, Marzieh, and Mohammad are the ones who have chosen the street for their lives; cardboard beds that all introduce themselves with these names. Some of them don’t know how their home became the street and their life became nocturnal. They kicked Marzieh out of her home and she stayed on the street. Mohammad didn’t […]...

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Children buried in the streets; what fate awaits the cardboard-sleeping children of women? / Roshanak Mehr-Ayin

Many women who are carton sleepers, even if they are young, have experienced pregnancy and motherhood. Some of them are mothers who have left their children with their families and relatives, some have given birth to stillborn babies, and some have been forced to sell their children. The following report provides a brief overview of […]...

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Homeless women, a tragedy beneath the city’s skin/ Goddess of mercy

Homelessness inflicts a deep blow to the dignity, social inclusion, and right to life of individuals. Homelessness is a blatant violation of the human right to adequate housing and goes beyond the right to life, violating other human rights such as the right to non-discrimination, the right to access to health, sanitation, water, security, and […]...

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Legal void in protective laws for homeless women in the legal system of Iran / Mehran Mosadeghnia

Every legal system and school of thought in the world today offers legal, economic, and social solutions to ensure that individuals’ ownership is respected, justice is implemented, and social security and welfare are easily achieved for all members of society. The main criteria and standards that measure and evaluate sustainable development is legal support for […]...

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The workforce is not a productive institution; inefficiency of minimum wage policy in Iran / Saeideh Shafiei.

The discussion of workers’ rights and wages in different parts of the world is of special importance. This importance is highlighted during economic crises, especially now that the global economy is facing the COVID-19 pandemic. In Iran, the thirteenth government has increased the minimum wage for workers by fifty-seven percent for the year 2022, which […]...

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New century, new poverty; how does Iran begin the new century?/ Sun of barley.

Iranian rice: 100,000 tomans per kilogram. Lamb meat: 180,000 Tomans per kilogram. Chicken: 1 kilogram for 7000 tomans. Pride: One hundred million tomans. Inflation rate: Forty-one percent. “These and dozens of other shocking figures show the conditions that Iran has entered with in the new century. Just one month after the start of the fifteenth […]...

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A look at the high number of citizens who die in Norooz accidents / Moein Khazaeli

Every hour, two fatalities and twenty-nine injuries; this is the latest statistics on the state of traffic accidents in Iran, announced by Kamal Hadianfar, the head of the Traffic and Driving Police of NAJA (Law Enforcement Force) after the end of the first week of the current month of Farvardin (1401). This statistic means that […]...

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