Forbes: More than 70% of the science and technology students in Iran are women despite demands to make some courses male only (see Anger as Iran bans women from universities, The Daily Telegraph 20 August 2012). Many women in Iran run their own businesses, and with the relaxation on trade sanctions, there is a new push to get highly qualified women graduates into creating or joining high-tech start ups. In a recent round of venture capital funding, 10% of the applicants were from women. As one female entrepreneur tells Forbes, “Nowadays, there are so many women who say – I have the education, and the opportunity – why should I work for someone else?”
