29 Mar 2024
Monday 19 June 2017 - 22:30
Story Code : 265338

Iran's oil industry paves way for capable women

Tehran Times - Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh has issued an order, paving the way for women with high capabilities to boost presence in the oil industry.



As per the ministerial decree which released on Sunday, all gender discriminations between male and female employees should be removed for all occupational positions, except for working on oil and gas platforms.

Appointing Ms. Marzieh Shahdaei as the managing director of the National Petrochemical Company was the oil ministers first step toward providing women with equal employment opportunities with men.

Currently, a number of 17,000 women are working in the Iranian oil industry, including 7,000 official employees and 10,000 contractual employees.

This number stands for about 8 percent of the oil industrys total workforce.

Educated women make up 7 percent of management posts in the oil industry. A number of three women are working as senior officials in grade over D, eight women are working as high-level officials in grade D and 350 women are working in other supervisory and managerial positions.

The majority of women working in the oil industry are 30-34 years old, most of them with a working experience of 10 to 15 years. More than 70 percent of women working in the oil industry hold a bachelors or higher degree which proves the experience and high scientific level of female forces in the oil industry.
 
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