Remarkable Achievements of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Improvingthe Status of Women and Family: WOMEN & EDUCATION:  Increase of over 33.3% in female university faculty members Women making up 34% of faculty members at medical universities Women making up 56% of state university students in the country Closing the gender gap in primary and secondary education in the country Overcoming women and girls’ illiteracy with a ratio of 99.3% Increased enrollment of high school female pupils by 84% Active presence of over 9500 female authors and 840 female publishers Increased enrollment of primary school female pupils by 115% Increased ratio of female to male students by 48% Increase of over 33.3% in female university faculty members WOMEN & HEALTH:  Implementation of the Universal Health Coverage Network for all urban inhabitants and 99% of rural people and nomads Performing of deliveries by female obstetricians in 95% of cases Presence of 60 midwives and 2.8 gynecologists per 100,000 women across the country Increase of women's life expectancy to 78 years Reduction in neonatal mortality rate per 100,000 births by 8.2 Reduced mortality rate of children under 5 years of age by 14.2 per 100,000 births Women making up 98% of all gynecological surgeons in the country WOMEN, EMPLOYMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP:  Implementing the "National Plan of Sustainable Family-Based Business Network" to connect job seekers with entrepreneursand companies Provision of over 4200 micro-credit funds with 1200 billion Rials of governmental credit for rural women Over 2390 women serving on the boards of directors of knowledge-based companies The unemployment rate for women dropping to 13.7% Social Security Insurance coverage for housewives Social Security Insurance coverage for women-headed households Social Security Insurance coverage for all rural and nomad women and girls Sustainable business development via implementation of Systematic Strategy Plan for Rural and Nomadic Women Micro-Businesses based on LNSIE model Women founding over 250 knowledge-based companies Over 735 women working as managing directors in knowledge-based companies WOMEN AND MEDIA:  Presence of female directors and actresses as jury presidents at 45 international film festivals Increased women's participation in information technology by 31.5% Active involvement of 903 female filmmakers in film industry Active presence of 2000 female specialists behind the scenes of cinema Winning 114 national and 128 international awards at prestigious festivals by female filmmakers Increased access to information and communication technology for women: Access to mobile phone: 26 million people (45% of the total users) Access to the computer: 14.5 million people (48% of the total users) Access to the internet: 187 million people (48% of the total users) WOMEN & SPORTS:  Women get access to over 16111 gyms Women have won 3302 medals at recent international sporting events Female athletes have earned Olympic and Paralympic quota places 70 women are serving as heads of sports delegations across provinces Women possess 97 international seats in sports federations worldwide 88366 women work as referees in national and international sporting events There are 51 female presidents and Vice presidents for different sports federations WOMEN IN AUTHORITY AND DECISION-MAKING POSITIONS:  Women holding 25.2 % of all government positions at all levels, including the highest, middle, and basic executivepositions Women serving as the vice presidents for women and family affairs Over 1000 women working as judges in the country Increase in the number of women candidates to enter parliament by 227% in the 11th term Increase in the number of women as parliament members by 16.5 times since the first term Increase in women's participation in the Islamic Consultative Assembly by 5.59% WOMEN, ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE AND CRISES:  Provision of basic needs (water, food, clothing, blanket) for 117072 women in the flood-stricken areas in 2021 Women in charge of 40% of top executive positions in the Environment Organization Provision of basic needs (water, food, clothing, blanket) for 20912 women in the earthquake-stricken areas in 2021 Paying monthly pension to 299120 women affected by climate crisis in 2021 Setting up 21014 safe shelters for temporary settlement of women in flood-stricken areas in 2021 Women holding over one-quarter of top environmental executive positions Setting up 20166 safe shelters for temporary settlement of women in earthquake-stricken areas in 2021 Implementing the natioal plan of “promoting and raising cultural awareness of producing and consuming healthy,standardized, and certified products” for rural and nomadic women Holding 4 terms of presidency of "Environment Organization" by women