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In December 2022, Iran was expelled from membership of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, following the death of Mahsa Amini and the violent crackdown against women's rights protesters in Iran.
26 cze 2023 · Charting the course of women's right movement in Iran. Iranian women experience discrimination in law and in practice in ways that deeply impact their lives, particularly with regard to...
8 mar 2021 · Farsi GENEVA (8 March 2021) – Women and girls continue to be treated as second class citizens in Iran, a UN expert says in a report to the Human Rights Council, citing domestic violence, thousands of marriages of girls aged between 10 and 14 each year and continuing entrenched discrimination in law and practice.
13 wrz 2024 · The Iranian Government has intensified its efforts to suppress the fundamental rights of women and girls and crush remaining initiatives of women’s activism, UN Human Rights Council-appointed...
Women’s and Girls’ Rights. Women face discrimination in personal status matters related to marriage, divorce, inheritance, and decisions relating to children.
8 gru 2020 · Iran's 1906 constitution, written by its first parliament, promised “equal rights before the law” for all Iranians, but it said nothing specific about women. Between 1967 and 1975, women gained new rights—to vote, initiate divorce, run for office, inherit property—during the monarchy.
9 mar 2024 · Iran’s “repression of peaceful protests” and “institutional discrimination against women and girls” has led to human rights violations, some of which amount to “crimes against humanity,”...
