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assc-55916	Taleghani, Mohammad; Sola, Mohammadreza Jabreilzadeh; Kisari, Motahereh Siradaghi	Understanding the Gender Gap in Iran's Industrial Workforce: Barriers to Women's Participation	2025	10	.pdf	application/pdf	3782	232	29	First, patriarchal values and discriminatory laws—such as spousal consent requirements and occupational stereotypes—systematically exclude women from male-dominated industrial sectors like manufacturing and energy, despite their growing presence in STEM education (Zahedi et al., 2022). Second, economic policies, including privatization, sanctions, and subsidy programs, exacerbate gender disparities by prioritizing cost-cutting measures that displace women into informal, low-wage labor (Salehi-Isfahani, 2020) and reinforcing male-dominated industries (Moghadam, 2019).	cache/assc-55916.pdf	txt/assc-55916.txt