The ILNA News Agency, quoting the Vice President of the Official Union of Iranian Female Workers, wrote: “Female workers in many production and service units are the first group to be pushed out of work during economic slowdowns or workforce reductions.”
In an interview on Thursday, May 14, Fatemeh Vahdat pointed to the economic consequences of the current crisis and war, stating: “In crisis conditions, female workers are more exposed to dismissal than others, especially women who are heads of households and bear the primary burden of providing for their families.”
According to this member of the Official Union of Iranian Female Workers, reports emerging from various regions of Iran show that this issue is not specific to a particular city or province, nor is it limited to just one or a few industries. Fatemeh Vahdat noted: “Female workers are usually the first group eliminated from the workplace at the slightest hint of economic crisis or wartime conditions.”
She emphasized during the conversation that the removal of female workers from the economic sphere does not only impact family livelihoods: “When the breadwinner of a family loses their job, the entire family suffers; it makes no difference whether that person is a man or a woman.”
