More Women Getting Jobs Iran -- and Filing for Divorce

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In Iran, 20 percent of the women have jobs or are looking for them, reports William Yong in The New York Times.

That ability to be self-supporting is turning the conservative Iranian society on its ear. For example, women are now pushing for divorce. One out of seven marriages ends in divorce and, in big cities, the ratio is one out of 3.7 marriages.

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