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13 SUR - Int'l J. on Hum Rts. 75 (2016)
Women's Rights and Feminist Movements in Iran

handle is hein.journals/surij13 and id is 324 raw text is: r~iiAi~11 WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND FEMINIST MOVEMENTS IN IRAN1 Nayereh Tohidi e An overview of how the Iranian women's movement * has emerged in the face of unique contexts ABSTRACT The status of women's rights in Iran can appear contradictory at first glance - despite both high levels of education and low birth rates, for example, participation of women in the workforce or in parliament is amongst the lowest in the world. In this summary of her chapter in the book Women's Movements in the Globa! Era - The Power of Loca! Feminisms (Westview Press, 2016), Nayereh Tohidi offers afascinating overview of women's rights and the feminist movement in Iran. The author highlights how the demands, strategies, tactics, effectiveness and achievements of the movement have varied in accordance with socioeconomic developments, state policies, political trends, and cultural contexts at national and international levels. Tohidi suggests that this history can be roughly divided into eight periods from the era of Constitutional Revolution and constitutionalism (1905-1925) until the modern day under President Rouhani. Finally, despite various challenges, the author notes that the women's movement in Iran continues to grow and reminds the reader of the key role that civil society plays in guaranteeing equal rights and gender-justice in Iran and beyond. KEYWORDS Iran Women's rights Feminism *SUR24-v.13n.24.75- 89 1 201 E