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In Iran Women Race Ahead, But Still Face Gender Block
Sep 10 2009, Faroogh

n Iran, women have made remarkable strides in education in the last decades — 65 percent of college undergraduates are female and 70 percent of graduate students are enrolled in medicine. Yet legally, women cannot travel freely without the permission of.

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