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Throughout history, women in Iran have played numerous roles, and contributed in many ways, to Iranian society. Historically, tradition maintained that women be confined to their homes to manage the household and raise children.
- Women's rights in Iran - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Women are discriminated against in many areas of life. For...
- Women's rights in Iran - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Since the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the country’s legal system has imposed a conservative interpretation of Islamic law, or Sharia, which directly affects women’s rights in several areas. The World Economic Forum 's 2017 Global Gender Gap Report ranked Iran 140, out of 144 countries, for gender parity.
The Iranian Women's Rights Movement (Persian: جنبش زنان ایران), is the social movement for women's rights of the women in Iran. The movement first emerged after the Iranian Constitutional Revolution in 1910, the year in which the first women's periodical was published by women.
Pages in category "History of women in Iran" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Iranian women at the first female university included Mehrangiz Manouchehrian (senator), Shams ol-Moluk Mosahab (senator) and Bardrolmolouk Bamdad. Formal education for women in Iran began in 1907 with the establishment of the first primary school for girls. [1]
The Iranian women participated actively in constitutional (Persian: زنان در جنبش مشروطه) struggles. From the year 1906 women's organizations were formed and many women participated in constitutionalism.
Women are discriminated against in many areas of life. For decades, the government has acted against the idea that men and women should have equal rights. In 2024, Iran was one of five countries in the world, who had not ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women .
