Women, the cheapest workforce in Iran

Discrimination against women at workplace is a universal phenomenon not limited to a few countries. Even in developed countries, women receive 70 per cent of a man's salary for equal work. In developing countries, women receive less than half of men's salary.
In Iran, however, the situation gets even worse.
While the minimum expenditure of an average family or the poverty line is 2.5 million toumans, the official minimum wage set by the Labor Law Council is 930,000 toumans, which is one-third of their basic needs. In many cases, women workers are paid less than one-third of the official minimum wage. (Vahideh Negin, advisor on women's affairs to the Labor Minister, IRNA official news agency, April 21, 2015)
According to an activist for the rights of women workers, "female workers are the cheapest workforce in Iran." (Akhbar-rooz.com, Haleh Safarzadeh, April 27, 2014)
http://www.women.ncr-iran.org/articles/3882-women-the-cheapest-workforce-in-iran