Professor Dr Jamileh-Sadat Alamolhoda, the wife of Iranian President Dr Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, said on Tuesday that knowledge without morality serves the purpose of the powerful and cruel ones.
Addressing an international seminar, exhibition and launching of her book titled 'The Art of Living Femininely' at the University of Home Economics, she said she was happy to visit the women university, adding that there were women universities in Iran as well.
She underscored the need for giving adequate attention towards women whether it was a women university or a co-educational institute.
She said, "The cultures of Iran and Pakistan have some common characteristics."
Independence of women was compared with western countries, she said and added, “For us, providing protection and taking women along is independence of women.”
Jamileh Alamolhoda said, "There are a lot of challenges with regard to upbringing of coming generations and all of us have to play our special role in this regard."
She said that it was high time to stand up for protecting the values of morality, adding, “Each of us was aggrieved over the killing of humans in Gaza.”
She said that time had come to restore values of morality, adding that teachers were actually technicians of knowledge centre.
"I have mentioned in the book that if women play their role effectively and efficiently then success could be achieved," she said.
She said there were two types of extremes, one restricted women to homes while the other put women in the race of earning equal to men. She said both extremes yield negative results in their own ways.
Dr Jamileh Alamolhoda said, "In Iran, special attention is given in homes to educate girls about providing comfort and respect, whereas boys are educated to provide protection."
She underlined the need for giving importance to the family structure as it played a significant role to develop a good society.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 24th, 2024.
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