What does the future hold for woman physicists

in Iran?


Do the improved statistics of female undergraduates lead to deeper involvement of women in academic and decision making ranks?







A. Iraji zad a, A. Pourghazi b and M. Houshiar c

  1. Physics Department, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

iraji@sina.sharif.ac.ir

  1. Physics Department, Isfahan University , Isfahan, Iran

azpour@yahoo.com

c. Physics Department, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran ,Iran

m-houshiar@cc.sbu.ac.ir















Percentage of women in various levels of academic ranks







Considerable decrease in the presence of women with rise in scientific rank.



WHAT SHOULD WE DO TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION















Reasons for absence of women in high ranks of scientific decision making postions (from women's own point of view)

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