{"id":10594,"date":"2018-06-17T00:35:30","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T04:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=10594"},"modified":"2018-06-22T17:02:57","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T21:02:57","slug":"iranian-women-annual-report-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/10594\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Women Annual Report 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: NCRI Women’s Committee<\/a><\/p>\n

Originally published in the website of the Women\u2019s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Women are indeed the Force for Change. This was vividly seen in Iran throughout\u00a0the past year and of course, most\u00a0conspicuously during the uprising in December\u00a0and January.<\/p>\n

Although the situation in Iran is extremely oppressive for women and they have borne the brunt of repression for the past 39 years,\u00a0they are not submissive contrary to the regime\u2019s expectation.<\/p>\n

Gender discrimination, gender segregation, and various restrictions have made Iranian women\u00a0not just rebellious but also very resilient.<\/p>\n

Look at women\u2019s education in Iran. Low legal\u00a0age of marriage and forcible marriage of\u00a0girl children, discrimination against them in\u00a0education, traditional prejudice against girls\u2019\u00a0education in the villages, poverty and many other factors make girls their primary victims,\u00a0leading to tens of thousands of girls dropping out of school at young age.<\/p>\n

Opposition leader Maryam Rajavi announced\u00a0her plan on women\u2019s freedom in 1995, vowing to recognize women\u2019s equal rights in all\u00a0political, judicial, legal, social, religious, cultural, economic and educational realms. She stressed\u00a0on women\u2019s freedom of choice of clothing, and\u00a0their equal rights in marriage and divorce.<\/p>\n

She has also launched an extensive international campaign, urging all democratic governments to compel the clerical regime to release all prisoners arrested during the\u00a0uprising, particularly women who are imprisoned\u00a0under torture and face the death sentence.<\/p>\n

At the same time, she called on them to help\u00a0guarantee freedom of speech and assembly in Iran and abolish women\u2019s repression and the\u00a0compulsory veil.<\/p>\n

The Women\u2019s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran urges all women\u2019s rights advocates and freedom lovers to support\u00a0the courageous struggle of Iranian women and\u00a0support its campaigns including those for the release of women political prisoners in Iran…<\/p>\n

Download the Full Report Below:<\/em><\/p>\n