“Workers of other pay levels (above the minimum) will see a rise of 26% plus a monthly fixed sum of 2.41 million rials ($9.7),” he told the Islamic Republic of Iran News Network.

As per the decision made at the latest meeting of the Supreme Labor Council on March 13, representatives of workers, employers, and the government agreed to set the daily wage at 885,000 rials ($3.56), which raises the monthly minimum wage to 26.55 million rials.

Iran has three million home-based producers, but the real number is definitely higher as many home-based businesses are operating unofficially, Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare Mohammad Shariatmadari said.

“The share of home jobs in the total number of jobs is 4-6% and their share of gross domestic product is 2-2.5%. Under coronavirus conditions, their share is bound to increase,” he was quoted as saying by IRNA.

More than 2,000 billion rials ($7.69 million) in loans were approved for home-based businesses in the year ending March 2020 and 20,000 people received these loans and 35,000 jobs were created.

“In the current fiscal year (March 2020-21), another 2,000 billion rials in loans have been approved and from March 20 till Nov. 20, upwards of 5,000 people have taken out these loans and more than 6,700 jobs have been created,” he said.

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The competition produces five reports that enable members to compare their performance to other members. The Average Point Score report ranks members according to the average score their competitors achieved on the WorldSkills scale.

The Iranian team collected one silver and two bronze medals, as well as two diplomas of honor at the international competition.

WorldSkills Kazan 2019 was held from August 22-27. Close to 1,300 competitors from 63 WorldSkills member countries and regions competed in 56 skills, including creative arts, ICT, building tech, transportation and social services. This was the largest international event in Russia in 2019.

The winners of skill competitions, top-scorers among the national teams’ members, as well as competitors with distinguished results were awarded during the closing ceremony at the Kazan Arena Stadium on 27 August.

The 46th WorldSkills Competition will take place in Shanghai, China, in 2021.

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“The achievements, theoretical foundations and policies of the Islamic Republic on the role of women in society while preserving religious and moral values should be explained in international arenas.” she added.

“Women’s discourse, challenges and issues which they are facing now are among the most important issues in all communities that should be further addressed” she said appreciating measures taken by the Qom Religions and Denominations University to pave the way for dialogue among different religions.

Referring to empowerment of women as one of the aspects of development of the Islamic Republic of Iran, she noted, “Women have a strong presence in the various fields of education, health, higher education, sports, political and social participation in the country.”

Iranian Vice President for Women and Family Affairs said that these progresses and achievements do not mean that there is no challenges and all the demands of the young people have been met.

She added, “we should try to tackle the current barriers and problems by proper policies and women’s participation.”

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