Islamic republic of Iran and women activists fighting for women's right !
More than 30 years ago during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , many women from all walk of life, from communist party members to nationalists , guerilla movement , religious movement to writers and journalists , all fought for freedom and democracy and of course were arrested and detained but Shah's regime came to an end finally on 1978-79 by a great social revolution. When the Islamic Republic took control of the country, from day one, women were the target of the Islamic agenda and they become the 2nd class citizen and their social and individual rights was targeted , but anyway, the women continued their struggle. In recent years women increased their activities against Islamic Republic's policy towards women and for their individual and group rights. One of the most important event which effected women's situation was that Shirin Ebadi was named winner of Noble Peace Prize.The population of Iran is 68 million and half of this are women. In a recent poll women students make 65% of university students and women student of law are more than men students. According to another poll women writers are more productive in these last few years in Iran's literary stage and their books are more published and red than men's. Women also organized their own journalist organization for the first time during reformist Khatami's government.In Iran there are hundreds of active women bloggers. Half of the teachers in Iran are women and nurses make the biggest unorganized NGO's in Iran. However, women's movement in Iran is on the plus side .
In recent March 8 , international women's day a rally was organized by the Iranian brave women in " Baharestan Square " and 38 women were areested but later 35 of them were released and only three of them Jila Baniyaqub , Mahbubeh Abbasgholizadeh and Shadi Sadr remained in jail in Evin prison. The latest news indicate that Jila was also released and now it is Shadi and Mahbubeh who are still in prison.Mahbubeh is a journalist and civil rights activistand Shadi is a journalist and lawyer and a human rights defender. These wave of women's arrest in Iran raised wave of protest from inside and outside of Iran by NGO's and the support for these women and protest against Ahmadinejad's regime is being contiued.