Iranian Women from Private Sphere to Public Sphere, With Focus on Parliament

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ID12844247
AuthorsElaheh Koolaee (0000-0001-9655-0995, University of Tehran, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume13
Issue2
Pages401-414
Publication date2009-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueIran and the Caucasus (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1573-384X • E-ISSN: 1609-8498
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/157338410x12625876281587
OpenAlexW2068007614
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited1

Women in Iran have gained unprecedented experiences in the course of their fight for democracy and human rights. In the Pahlavi era, the modernisation model was based on Western patterns. With the Islamic Revolution, a new generation of Iranian women emerged in social arenas. Ayatollah Khomeini always emphasised women's prominent and important role in social life. His views shed light on potentials for women's rights, but the obstacle of old cultural and historical attitudes have made these ideas difficult to actualise. The weakness of civil organisations, including women's political and non-political organisations, has seriously affected the outcomes. Although a reformist government and the reinforcement of governmental institutions concerned with women's affairs can play a part in improving the situation of women, women's civil society organisations can assume responsibilities at social levels in order to complement the role of the representatives. The author discusses the process of women's entrance in the public sphere and efforts by the 6th parliament to protect their rights

Civil society · Democracy · Government (linguistics · Human rights · Islam · Modernization theory · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Private sphere · Public sphere · Sociology · Gender Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Public Administration

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