29 Mar 2024
Thursday 17 July 2014 - 14:49
Story Code : 107156

City of Tehrans female workers fired 'for own well-being'

[caption id="attachment_107157" align="alignright" width="275"] Women work in the Iranian Interior Ministry in Tehran Mar. 15, 2008. (photo by REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah)[/caption]
A number of female employees were recently fired by theTehran municipality, reportedly for their own well-being. Both the sudden decision and its motivationshocked many at the TehranCity Council and officials managingwomens affairs in the administration of President HassanRouhani.
Farzad Khalafi, media affairs deputy for the Tehran municipality, told Iranian Labour News Agency July 13, Secretarial work and office management is time consuming and lengthy, and for thecomfort and well-being of women, this decision was adopted that the office manager and secretary be a gentleman.

Khalafi continued, The officials at the municipality may be at work until night and visit various projects, and this needs the presence of the office manager. In this case, its possible that women would be inconvenienced and strained and not be able to take care of their lives and family, and its possible there would be a disruption in their life.

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