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A woman is required by Iranian law to have the permission on her husband before she can leave the country or obtain a passport. In response to this, many Iranian women created a protest called "Women's right to travel" which has garnered over 50,000 signatures. Women in Iran have little, if any, autonomy or rights compared to men in Iran. [86]
Head of government Assumed Left 1 Farrokhroo Parsa: Minister of Education: 1968: 1971: New Iran Party: Amir Abbas Hoveida: 2 Mahnaz Afkhami: Minister without portfolio for Women's Affairs 1976 1978 Resurgence Party: Jamshid Amouzegar: 3 Masoumeh Ebtekar: Head of Department of Environment: 1997 2005 Islamic Iran Participation Front: Mohammad ...
Relations between Iran and Lebanon during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi occurred in two phases: [2] The first phase lasted from the mid-1950s to the 1967 June war [2] and was closely affected by the policies of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, which led the Shah to support the government of Lebanon as well as other anti-Nasser governments in the Middle East; [2] the second ...
Women and Politics in Iran: Veiling, Unveiling, and Reveiling is a 2007 by Hamideh Sedghi, published by Cambridge University Press. The historical period covered by the book stems from the early 20th century to circa 2007. There are three parts, with each having biographical data on key women.
Nor has the killing of at least 400 protesters and arrests of more than 20,000 people, according to an Iranian women’s group. The fact that these protests have persisted speaks to the people’s ...
Women in Lebanon are treated according to patriarchal norms although the legal status of women has improved since the 20th century. Gender equality in Lebanon remains problematic. [ 3 ] Active feminist movements exist in Lebanon which are trying to overcome the legal and sociopolitical discrimination enshrined in law.
Relations between Iran and Lebanon have historical roots that precede the establishment of modern Lebanon. In the 16th century, the Safavid dynasty adopted Shiism as the official religion, deviating from the prevailing Sunni Islam in the region, enlisted Shiite clerics from Jabal Amel, a region in south Lebanon which already had a Shiite community established since the 11th century, to promote ...
Women in Iran were granted the right to vote in 1963. [55] They were first admitted to Iranian universities in 1937. [56] Since then, several women have held high-ranking posts in the government or parliament. Before and after the 1979 revolution, several women were appointed ministers or ambassadors.