The coronavirus pandemic has had a profound and long-lasting impact on education systems around the world, leading to the closure of many primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions globally. According to estimates by international organizations, as of September 30, 2020, over 1.077 billion students have been deprived of in-person education. The pandemic has exacerbated existing inequalities […]...

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, an American sociologist, expressed his concern about the use of the concept of race to explain the biological superiority of white people in his works over a hundred years ago. He did not believe in categorizing humans based on skin color and saw this as a feature of cultural and […]...

Violence, assault, and sexual harassment are some of the most heinous forms of human rights violations that continue to occur in the 21st century world, across the globe. While the majority of victims are women and girls, sexual violence also affects men, boys, and individuals with diverse sexual identities. According to the World Health Organization, […]...

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The world in the 21st century is rapidly aging. According to reports from the United Nations, the population over 60 years old will reach 1.4 billion by 2030 and 2 billion or 20% of the world’s population by 2050. This growth will be most significant in developing countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. In […]...

Gender Digital Divide in Iran Iranian society, in terms of citizens’ access to the internet and modern technology, digital citizenship, and the digital gender gap, has its own unique features and paradoxes. While 17% of graduates from higher education are in the fields of communication and information technology, and nearly 50% of them are women, […]...

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Footnotes: For further study in this field, one can refer to the websites unic-ir.org, un.org, and ohchr.org....

Gender equality or gender justice On December 18, 2019, forty years have passed since the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) or “CEDAW”. This important international document, also known as the “Declaration on the Rights of Women”, presents a deep and extensive concept of gender equality. […]...