Women's Rights

Despite facing deeply-embedded cultural and legal discrimination, women in Iran have managed to make significant advancements in academic and professional life in the years following the Revolution of 1978-79. 

Although the attitudes of the Iranian public to women’s rights are far more varied, the government of the Islamic Republic promotes discriminatory policies and has responded to the peaceful activism of Iran’s women’s rights movement with systematic oppression. In recent years, many women have been subjected to prison sentences or corporal punishment for their participation in the campaign for One Million Signatures for the Repeal of Discriminatory Laws. The documents below highlight the conditions faced by women in the Islamic Republic today.