TEHRAN – An exhibit of handicrafts, featuring works by female crafters and entrepreneurs, is currently underway in Ardebil, northwestern Iran.

It showcases works by 12 people in the arenas of embossing, drawing, kilim carpet, metalwork, marquetry, leatherwork and woodwork, CHTN reported.

The Khataei Gallery is hosting the five-day exhibit, which will be running through January 18.

Last April, Masoumeh Ebtekar, vice president for women’s and family affairs, announced that some 75 percent of Iranian handicrafts are produced by females.

Iran’s handicrafts exports reached $107 million in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2018), showing 9.5 percent growth year on year.

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