Budget for women increased by 50%

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
bill for the next year compared with 320 billion rials (about $800,000) for the current year, ISNA reported.President Ebrahim Raisi
Majlis on January 11.The proposed budget amounted to about 52.616 quadrillion rials (about $131 billion), with a 40 percent rise from the
Family Affairs has approved six plans to support families and empower women and improve their status in society.The formation of a loan
guarantee fund for women heads of households was one of the plans of the National Headquarters for Women and Family Affairs.Due to the fact
that many female breadwinners could not use business loans due to the lack of a guarantor, the fund was established to help them.According
to official statistics, there are 3.5 million female heads of households, but according to unofficial statistics, the figure reaches more