Article 163 of the Constitution has the title: “Qualifications and Conditions of a Judge According to Islamic Standards Determined by a Specific Law.” Women in Iran are prohibited from holding the position of judge according to this article and with the consensus of Shia jurists. The main reason for the consensus of Shia jurists on […]...

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At the fourth Minority Forum at the United Nations in November 2011 in Geneva, which was dedicated to the situation of women and how to improve it, reports showed that in countries where discrimination exists for certain groups of people based on language, religion, or social status, women belonging to these discriminated and oppressed communities […]...

The Iranian Registration Organization has recently announced that during the first 9 months of the year 1392, out of a total of 579,871 marriages, 30,956 were related to marriages of girls under the age of 15. According to these statistics, during the past 7 years, more than one-third of women whose marriages were registered were […]...

A country where contraception methods are illegal is a country that is an enemy of women. The Iranian parliament has passed a law that considers abortion, sterilization, and any permanent contraception methods such as vasectomy as a crime. This fundamental move is designed to combat the significant population growth in the country, with long-term prisons […]...

The book “Honour Killing: The Intersection of Patriarchy, Gender, and Religion” is a case study and in-depth research by Ms. Melissa Pichard in collaboration with Professor Jacobo Schifter, published in December 2011. Honor killing is the act of killing a member of a family or community by other members, with the belief that the individual […]...

This year, for the first time, the name “World Menstrual Hygiene Day” was designated. By naming a day with this name, two goals can be pursued; One: Emphasizing the importance of mental and physical health issues, Two: Diminishing or eliminating the taboo associated with menstruation throughout history. Menstruation, period, menstrual cycle, or menstruation, is the […]...

Violence against women is a topic that has attracted a lot of attention from audiences today. This violence refers to an action that results in physical, psychological, and social harm or may lead to it. This issue of human society is not limited to geography, culture, race, or a specific segment of society, and it […]...

Iran before 22 Bahman 57 In the years before the revolution, there were no special organizations or associations for women in Iran. The revolution also did not initially have any special intentions for women. It was a general revolution against the dictatorship of the Shah and its associated relationships. The revolution aimed for freedom, a […]...

Violence against women is always talked about and how much they endure difficulties and abnormalities. Is this really the case? Are these really only women’s problems? What is the role of men? Are women’s problems not men’s problems? Why do we automatically think of “gender inequality” as “inequality against women” and not “inequality against men”? […]...

It may seem foolish to be optimistic about International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25th. The World Health Organization emphasizes that one in three women is subjected to violence by their male partners. A recent study by the United Nations in six Asian countries shows that one in four men […]...

Since the time when in Iran, the traditional schools gave way to modern schools and the clergy, who were the administrators of these centers, lost one of their important bases and intellectuals became their successors in the educational institutions, a historical conflict between the seminaries and modernism and the university as a modern institution began. […]...