Sara Myles Global Feminisms Project

Sara Myles presents:The History of women in Iran

this is iran

Some Quick Facts about Iran

• The full name of Iran: The Islamic Republic of Iran

• The population: 77,891,220• The capital: Tehran• Two most common languages: Persian and

Turkic• The literacy rate: 83% for males and 70%

females• There is universal suffragism

The Government of Iran

• Iran has been a Theocratic Republic since April 1, 1979

• How do elections work in Iran?• Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei• President

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iranian Women before 1979

• Muhammad Reza Pahlavi (the Shah)• The upper and middle classes

embraced Western values• The Oriental Feminine Congress• Female participation in the

workforce

Islam and women

• What does The Qu’ran say about gender roles?

• Tell me about the hijab!

• Women and worship

The Iranian Islamic Revolution of 1979

• The events leading up to the revolution are very complicated.

• The Revolution: the condensed version

• Ayatollah Khomeini• Women’s role in the revolution

• The “ideal revolutionary woman”

After the Revolution...

• The moral police• Women in court• Fight the Power!:

protesting• The end of Khomeini’s

rule and the beginning of Khamenei’s

Iranian Women Today:Activists

• Shirin Ebadi • Defenders of Human Rights Center

• Bahareh Hedayat • New generation of feminists

• Women’s Rights Campaigns• One Million Signatures Campaign,

Stop Stoning Forever Campaign

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