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Is it possible for Iran to have female ministers?

August 20th, 2009Samimaneh (Iran)

Ahmadinejad has introduced new era for Iran by nominating three women for top ministerial positions, his choice of three females for cabinet posts can be interpreted either as a deceitful act to compensate for post election events or as a sign of government attention to the large portion of Iranian population , women! These three potential female ministers can be a great move in respect to woman’s right in Iran,
in an instant comparison between Khatami (the reformist president) who limited himself to give one sub ministerial post for a woman, Ahmadinejad’s decision to choose three female ministers is Bold and beautiful decision , Although Ahmadinejad will have to face with parliament to win his historic decision of nomination females for ministerial position.
The tree potential ministers are:
1- fatemeh Ajorloo, minister of social welfare
2- Marziyeh wahid dastjerdi , minister of health and medical education
3- Susan keshavarz, minister of Education

fateme Ajorloo would have the opportunity to support civil rights of women , Dastjerdi can address the women health top preferences which needs female friendly faces, and keshavarz who holds PHD in philosophy of education is one of the young faces who is unknown to most Iranians including me!

in my opinion even if Ahmadinejad’s female nominees cant get the parliament approval , Ahmadinejad’s choice of nominating three women ministers will be ranked as the first mature act at elevating formal position of women in the government within Iran’s history where the reformists failed at doing so, so here Ahmadi nejad proved that he is capable of reforms , in addition Ahmadinejad defeated his opponents by such a deft reaction to clear his anti reform image portrayed by his opponents.

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4 Responses to “Is it possible for Iran to have female ministers?”

  1. #1 Hamid (Iran/USA) - August 20th, 2009 at 10:34 pm

    Of course Ahmady is going to nominate women. To him it’s a popular gesture to obviously have the many abuses of women’s right’s during his first term, and the atrocities done by the post-election activists to be forgotten.

    This gesture is in no way a sign of reform. These new women cabinet nominees are first of all hard-line Ahmadinejad supporters, whom last year supported Ahmadinejad’s law bill which would would have made it easier for a man to marry a second wife. Not to mention the fact that these women are firm defenders of gender segregation in every public setting from schools,parks, and transportation. They also think that a women’s priority duty in life is to serve their husband, and to raise kids.

    So explain to me in what way would these specific women defend ‘women’s rights’ ? In fact having religious cooks like these in power would make life even worse for women in the future (can you say obligatory head-to-toe covering?). These women are just as sexist as the misogynous, conservative men who speak of women’s issues. For crying out loud, one of them asked for hospitals to be segregated!

    You call it a mature act, I call it a ‘tactic’ to soften the voice of Ahmady’s opposition. Ahmady’s appointment of these three hard-line women just signifies Ahmady’s desire to control the leadership of three important ministries that mainly cover and serve the middle class families in Iran.

  2. #2 Sami, the beduin. - August 21st, 2009 at 3:48 am

    All the best ALL Irania,

    I really, really appreciate the Iranian people. They teach us, the arabs, a new lesson every time we forget they are great. At least they are building a great powerful nation that has dignity and self respect, while our Arab leaders are just servants for the Americans and the international zionism. They stood for their rights and spoke up for their rights in democratic elections, while we still adore the feudal regimes that never knew elections at all !!!

    Why we, the Arabs, should criticize the Iranian elections while still dont have our elections, but feudal backward regimes who are begging the zionist for “peace”, what a piece of…!!! ??
    Peace on Iran !!!

    All the best Iranians,
    I love you all

    Sami, the Palestinian !!!

  3. #3 Michael W. - August 21st, 2009 at 8:20 am

    Sami,

    Elections are great, when the ruling regime doesn’t kill hundreds of people afterwards. Please remember that.

    Michael W. (of no last name fame)

  4. #4 Sami, the beduin. - August 22nd, 2009 at 5:49 am

    W,

    A “democracy” for one race that heaps 1500 dead civilians with its machinery of banned and fatal weapons in just 20 days, is not a democracy, its a racist regime. Please remember that !!

    Sami, the bedouin. (famed as a bedouin)

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