As discussed in my previous post, Iranian Women: Voices to be Heard, women have played a prominent role in the pre-election campaigning and the post-election protests. All four candidates made promises to women in the election campaign, including Ahmadinejad, who spoke of empowering women. It looks like this is one election promise that Ahmadinejad is keeping. Ahmadinejad has said that he would bring at least three female ministers into his new cabinet. According to the Press TV, Ahmadinejad named Fatemeh Ajorlou as the Minister of Welfare and Social Security and Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi as the Iranian Health Minister. If approved by Parliament, this will be first time in the Islamic Republic’s history that there will be more than one woman minister in the Cabinet.
