Iran’s Progress Depends on Equal Rights for Men and Women

Amani told the Mehr News Agency that the issue of women’s rights is rooted in Iran’s culture, adding that certain Iranian customs are the cause of most of women’s problems.

“The law should be firm and strong and precisely implemented in order to prevent any kind of injustice toward women and to afford them their inalienable rights,” she said.    

The MP stated that women should become aware of their civil and social rights, adding that the government and the media should play a decisive role in disseminating information about the individual and social rights of women.

Amani said that Iran’s traditional and agricultural societies of the past created many problems in regard to their treatment of women, adding that the government should solve the problems by educating women in the fields of social science and basic rights.

The MP said that the main problems are in the country’s laws, the Majlis, and the fact that women’s rights have not been institutionalized. 

She added that clerics should try to solve the problems by updating their approach to the issue of women’s rights.

Women themselves should also attempt to establish a presence in religious fields in order to help update the interpretation of women’s rights, she said. 

“It doesn’t seem prudent to limit women’s rights in order to establish equilibrium in society,” she said in conclusion.

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