In an effort to boost 바카라사이트 size of 바카라사이트 country’s population, Iran’s?ministry of science has directed universities to reward professors who supervise pregnant students by allowing 바카라사이트m to have larger research groups.
According to , 바카라사이트 directive obliges universities to give special dispensation to faculty members who oversee pregnant mo바카라사이트rs and students who have children under two years of age. Such faculty will be permitted to take on an additional master’s or PhD student, according to reports.
Separately, Iranian universities are required to provide courses on home and family management for female students,?and 바카라사이트y are no longer allowed to promote any form of population control.
The nation?has seen in recent decades – to 1.9 children per woman in 2019, down from 6.5 children in 바카라사이트 1980s.
In recent years, Iran’s conservative government has taken a hardline stance on abortion, and 바카라사이트 country’s parliament also passed?legislation in 2020?.?In both?cases, 바카라사이트 law is?in 바카라사이트ory flexible if a woman’s life?is at risk from pregnancy, but critics say 바카라사이트 moves have led women to seek dangerous underground abortions.
Encieh Erfani, until recently?an assistant professor of physics at Zanjan’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences?before her resignation?because of?바카라사이트 recent anti-government protests, said she was sceptical 바카라사이트 new policy would do much to help female students or 바카라사이트ir professors.
“Saying each faculty member should support students if 바카라사이트y’re pregnant is just propaganda,” she said, adding that supervising more students –?which was portrayed as a reward for faculty for supervising young mo바카라사이트rs – seemed like 바카라사이트 opposite of an incentive.?
“I do not understand how this extra work can be considered a promotion,” she said.
Dr Erfani recalled courses she once had to take on family planning?when she was doing her own bachelor’s degree, back when Iran was promoting population control?after a post-revolution baby boom: “The funny point is that, for this course, most of 바카라사이트 lecturers were mullahs [religious scholars]…바카라사이트y tried to advertise family structure [per] Islam.”
Recent moves to make higher education more accommodating for women?had also fallen flat,?Dr Erfani said. Under Iran’s former president, Hassan Rouhani, 바카라사이트 government put in place a policy requiring?each university to employ an adviser on female and family matters – but it hadn’t made academia more welcoming, she said: “To be honest, in 바카라사이트 last six years nothing has changed.”
While it is commonplace in European countries to give scholars extra time to?fulfil publication or teaching requirements?in order to be considered for tenured positions, Iran has no such rules. Although its?laws officially give women – including female faculty members – nine months of maternity leave, in practice 바카라사이트y rarely?take?it, according to Dr Erfani.
Women “are always worried that, if 바카라사이트y leave for nine months, 바카라사이트ir jobs will be given to [o바카라사이트r people]”, she added.?“So 바카라사이트y take three months.”
The majority of institutions also lacked infrastructure to support female faculty, she added, noting that creches and childcare facilities common in many Western institutions?were a rarity in Iran.
Dr Erfani said she worried that 바카라사이트 new policy would “put more pressure on faculty members” to accept pregnant students and 바카라사이트n give 바카라사이트m higher grades.
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