Women in Iran

Throughout history, women in Iran have played numerous roles, and contributed in many ways, to Iranian society. Historically, tradition maintained that ...

Unveiling Resistance: The Struggle for Women's Rights in Iran

The sweeping public protests that erupted across Iran in response to the death of Mahsa (Jina) Amini in custody of Iran's morality police ...

Iran intensifying efforts to repress women and girls on second ...

GENEVA – Two years after the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests began following the unlawful death in custody of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini, ...

Iran: Two years after 'Woman Life Freedom' uprising, impunity for ...

People in Iran continue to endure the devastating consequences of the authorities' brutal crackdown on the “Woman Life Freedom” uprising amid systematic ...

Iran: Repression of women 'intensifying', two years on ... - UN News

The Iranian Government has intensified its efforts to suppress the fundamental rights of women and girls and crush remaining initiatives of women's activism.

Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Country Fact Sheet | UN Women Data Hub

However, work still needs to be done in Iran (Islamic Republic of) to achieve gender equality. As of February 2024, only 5.6% of seats in parliament were held ...

Reconstructed Lives: Women and Iran's Islamic Revolution

Women in Iran began agitating for increased rights in the late 19th Century. Their efforts were abetted by liberalization under the first Shah of Iran and ...

Iran - Women Belong Inside, Outside, Everywhere

The people of Iran, led by women and girls, are taking to the streets in response to the recent death of 22-year old Iranian-Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini.

Iran announces 'treatment clinic' for women who defy strict hijab laws

The move has been described as 'chilling' by activists and rights groups as arrests mount over dress code breaches.

WFPG in Support of Iranian Women

Register for our 11/02 panel discussion Women, Life, Freedom: The Protests in Iran here. Featured speakers include Azar Nafisi, Nazila Fathi, and Robin Wright.

Iran's morality police will not 'bother' women, president says - BBC

Iran's new president has said that morality police will no longer "bother" women over the wearing of the mandatory hijab headscarf.

Human rights in Iran - Amnesty International

Women and girls, LGBTI people, and ethnic and religious minorities were subjected to systemic discrimination and violence. Cruel and inhuman punishments, ...

Women's rights in Iran - Wikipedia

Since the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the country's legal system has imposed a conservative interpretation of Islamic law, or Sharia, which directly affects ...

Opinion | A photo that captures the bravery of Iran's women

... women in Iran support the current defiance against the hijab laws. On Sept. 16, 2022, Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish Iranian woman visiting ...

The Young Women Challenging Iran's Regime - Time

Of the many paradoxes presented by the Islamic Republic of Iran, the most confounding remains its stubborn preoccupation with regulating ...

Women and Politics in Iran - Cambridge University Press

Cambridge Core - Middle East Studies - Women and Politics in Iran.

“Women, Life, Freedom” a new revolutionary era in Iran - VIDC

Iran; Justice for Mahsa Amini; Frauen Proteste; Women Protests; Homa Bazafkan; VIDC; Global Dialogue;

Iran: Institutional discrimination against women and girls enabled ...

The violent repression of peaceful protests and pervasive institutional discrimination against women and girls has led to serious human rights violations by ...

Iran Under Fire Amid New Restrictions on Women's Rights

State repression is a reflection of the second-class legal status of women and the prevalence of domestic violence in Iran. Such violence ...

One Year On, Iranian Women Are Still Fighting - Time

The Islamic Republic of Iran was built upon bricks of patriarchal misogyny. One of the first acts of the revolution's leader, ...