Investigating Female Students’ Vision of Iranian Labor Market | ||
| The International Journal of Humanities | ||
| Article 6, Volume 28, Issue 2, 2021, Pages 69-83 PDF (786.58 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Research | ||
| Author | ||
| Khadijeh Keshavarz* | ||
| Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Women's Studies, Research Institute for Social and Cultural Studies, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Some researches in the domain of women's employment show that gender is a significant factor in the professional position i.e. gender makes women less likely to achieve lucrative and high-paying jobs compared to their men folks. However, in many countries, increasing women's education and skills are key indicators of their growing participation in the labor market. In Iran, despite a decline in women's illiteracy and spectacular rise intheir presenceat universities, even in some traditionally masculine fields, the unemployment rate of educated women is higher than those of men. This study is aimed at understanding the female students' opinions about the gap between higher education and their career prospects. For that purpose, a qualitative research in four government universities from four regions of Iran has been conducted. The data of the study shows that despite theirgrowing number in these universities, most female students are worried about their professional future. In nutshell, it can be said that the massification of higher education has not resulted into more access of girls to the labor market, and there is much disappointment among them of finding a suitable job after graduating from universities. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Female students; Professional Prospect; Educated Women Unemployment | ||
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