Even though laws on religious symbols are worded neutrally, in practice, they are mostly applied to Muslim women’s attire.
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As France enshrines abortion rights in its constitution, the country’s ban on wearing religious symbols in schools turns 20 years old.
Violence against girls who wear hijabs is often situated in structural oppression, including gendered Islamophobia and white supremacy.
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Around the world, Muslim girls who wear hijabs are experiencing unique forms and heightened rates of gender and race-based violence.
An Iranian woman not wearing a mandatory headscarf walks past a group of young women who cover their hair in November 2023.
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Iranian women are still pressing for women’s rights and equality, just in quieter forms, including not wearing mandatory hair covers. Imprisoned activists are also leaking messages to others.
Protests happened all over the world, calling for change in Iran, after Mahsa Amini’s death.
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People are gearing up for a potential resurgence of protests, while the state is preparing to suppress any sign of dissent.
Iranian women are still ditching the hijab despite buital punishments for women who disobey laws over head coverings.
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Iran’s savage use of executions and prisoner rape has failed to quell the “women, freedom, life” movement.
Iranian women protesting the death of Mahsa Amini gather outside the Iranian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey on Oct. 17, 2022.
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Narratives that pit secular protesters against a religious regime do not necessarily explain the protests in Iran or what they are calling for.
Women, life, freedom: protests against the oppression of Iranian women in Iran in Ottowa, Canada, September 2022.
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Increasing numbers of Iranians want a government of the people, not a monarchy or an Islamic theocracy.
Women have been at the forefront of protests in Iran.
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Iranian women have often used images of actions such as singing and dancing unveiled to show what freedom means to them and to protest the Islamic Republic’s gender oppression.
Protestors are pressing the Iranian regime for changes since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
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Morality police first appeared in Iran soon after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. But similar forces were present in parts of the Middle East even prior to the date.
A protest image of Mahsa Amani, whose death ignited anti-regime demonstrations across Iran and the world.
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Protests over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini have gone global. But in Iran there is a unique version, known as ‘amameh parani’, targeting a garment sacred to Shi’a clerics.
In much of the media outside Iran, female protesters not wearing the headscarf have been highlighted as symbols of defiance.
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The veil as a symbol of oppression has once again moved to center stage in Iran, but it’s important to know about the history of veiling – and mandatory unveiling.
Iranians protest in Istanbul: anger continues to grow despite the regime’s crackdowns.
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Iran’s constitution guarantees human rights but its government doesn’t.
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As calls for greater freedom grow, the author examines how secularism might work in Iran.
A placard with a picture of Mahsa Amini, whose death while being detained by Iran’s morality police has ignited a wave of protests across the country.
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Iranian women have a long history of campaigning for their rights. The latest protests bring together a host of religious and gender groups suppressed by the country’s clerical regime.
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In a range of ways, young Iranian women – with the support of men – are working to change their lives and with that, their country.
Protests following the death of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini have spread to other countries, including Lebanon.
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A powerful protest movement has taken hold in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini. It may affect change, but it is up against a ruthless regime that will not easily relinquish control.
Iranian newspaper headlines about the protests that started with death of Mahsa Amini.
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Controversy of veils goes back more than a century, a scholar of Iran explains.
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In 1979 the decision of military commanders not to fire on protesters led to the revolution. There is no sign of that yet.
Protests have happened all over the world in support of the anti-hijab movement in Iran.
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Protesters call for a change in rules over what women are forced to wear in Iran. An expert tells us what the law says.
Thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets to protest the death of Mahsa Amini.
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Imposing restrictions on women has been a way for many countries to demonstrate to the world what policies they want to pursue.