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Muslim woman in the tech sector ‘After many years of wanting to wear a hijab, but being put off by the impact this had on my mother’s career opportunities, I decided to take the plunge at the age of 20. Contemporary research shows that discrimination in the labour market is still an everyday experience for many Muslims. When I was thinking about wearing a hijab, it really helped me to see role models wearing them too.
In 2013, Shahla Yasini became Iran’s first woman surfer. This happened when the Irish surfer Easkey Britton visited the country and taught others including Shahla how to ride waves in the remote coastal village of Ramin. She is breaking barriers in one of Iran’s most conservative regions. Breaking barriers as a woman Ramin is a small village in the extreme south of Iran, it is located just a few miles away from the city of Chabahar. The region is known for its extensive levels of social deprivation.
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