http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/23/iranian-womens-movement-beyond-gender-and-age/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:38:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/23/iranian-womens-movement-beyond-gender-and-age/comment-page-1/#comment-1369056 monice Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:53:15 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/23/iranian-womens-movement-beyond-gender-and-age/#comment-1369056 This is not rite! women are the same as men we are all human!!just because a women can't bench 140 pounds doesn't mean that we are any differnt! Its sicking and very sad! This is not rite! women are the same as men we are all human!!just because a women can’t bench 140 pounds doesn’t mean that we are any differnt! Its sicking and very sad!

]]> http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/23/iranian-womens-movement-beyond-gender-and-age/comment-page-1/#comment-1123361 Global Voices Online » Iran: Police Officer Kicks Woman Wed, 16 May 2007 22:32:48 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/23/iranian-womens-movement-beyond-gender-and-age/#comment-1123361 [...] Iranian authorities are fighting against women on at least two fronts. On one side, women activists protesting for equal rights are sent to prison and persecuted. On the other side, Iranian police officers continue with a nationwide crackdown aimed at making women abide by Iran’s Islamic dress code. Although the head of judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroud,i criticized the police action, the operation still goes on. Thousands of women have been warned and hundreds arrested for wearing overly loose headscarves or excessively tight coats. [...] [...] Iranian authorities are fighting against women on at least two fronts. On one side, women activists protesting for equal rights are sent to prison and persecuted. On the other side, Iranian police officers continue with a nationwide crackdown aimed at making women abide by Iran’s Islamic dress code. Although the head of judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroud,i criticized the police action, the operation still goes on. Thousands of women have been warned and hundreds arrested for wearing overly loose headscarves or excessively tight coats. [...]

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