Post #6 Iran Information

Hey people, this blog focuses on the third country I have decided to focus on: Iran. The specific infromation focuses on the One Million Signatures Campaign, but also gives some backround on women's rights in Iran as well.

Iran Women’s Rights:

http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/10/31/fighting-women-s-rights-iran

-One Million Signatures Campaign is a petition with a simple remises: Iran’s parliament should pass or change laws to allow equal rights in marriage, divorce, custody and inheritance.

-There is a very educated and engaged female population in Iran

-They had lost some legal rights after 1979, but they had also gained wider access to education, healthcare and birth control

-Female doctors, politicians and MPs yet there is discrimination against women in the legal system

-many women’s groups are being formed however they aren’t really sure what to do

-After the One Million Signatures Campaign arrests began, the media wasn’t able to write about the arrested groups

-33 women were held in Evin Prison, their interrogators tried to get results but even they understood the simplicity of the campaigns goals
The One Million Signatures Campaign shows that there is hope for women if they attempt to gain more rights and priviledges. However they are still big challenges the women in Iran have to overcome.