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International solidarity with the struggles of women in Iran
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After 28 years, the Iranian women's movement has brought many highs and lows behind him. Always the women's movement has drawn on international agreements to raise demands for "equal rights" and "abolition of discriminatory laws." Now the movement is entering a decisive phase. The struggles of progressive women in the establishment of cultural centers, in group activities and in organizing protest actions, such as the "1 million signatures campaign" and the campaign against stoning "bring new hopes.
The formulation of these discourses and advancing such social movements are by no doubt the claims associate "equality" and "freedom" with each other. Without doubt, we can say that today the women's movement, in parallel with other freedom-and justice-demanding society movements in the center of democratic struggles.
The women's movement in Iran, men and women has different ideas gathered around him to defend the demands for equality, and to carry out socio-cultural activities that provide all the dimensions of power in question. Because the sex ratio is a social, political and cultural commandment that all areas of life, from the private sphere comprises up to society. Therefore, the discussion leads with the women's movement to ensure that every member of society in all private, social and political problems, think critically. In today's Iran is "Badhejabi" [un-Islamic clothing] say one reason for the daily attacks by government forces against women, no to the ideological model of the Islamic order. At the same time justify the ruling of the attacks and stabilize the situation of those who spread fear and terror in society. The forced veiling of women, which is to be regarded as the manifestation of their tutelage, has now transformed into an instrument of oppression at all levels of society.

In reality, the situation of women as a mirror for society and feminism is a view that education on gender relations operates and thereby reveals the complicated power relations in different spheres of social life. The feminist thought and action can not be limited by the scope of a party or an organization. At the same time can not be denied that political rivalries and other group compete with each other here. When it comes to defending the women's movement, it is very important to take this into account.

are no doubt that the activities referred to the important tasks of the progressive Iranian women who are tested need. The positioning of individuals and groups in terms of freedom and equality and social justice for women will make the success of activities to the test.

We are a group of Iranian women in exile, fighting for years for improving the situation of women. We have come together under such dangerous conditions to take united action to support the demands for equal rights for women in Iran and will use our different political views back in this context. In these years, we have no to the "Islamic feminism" and have always said about the necessity of independent Struggle of the women talked to achieve equality and freedom.
Our common steps are based on the following minimum consensus:

1) The necessary and active defense of the women's movement in Iran on the basis of international human rights declarations and women's rights. We call for "equal rights" to remove all gender discrimination.
2) We firmly believe that restricting women's demands for freedom and equality, with no explanation and interpretation of ethnic, religious and national identities. Therefore, we believe that the "Islamic feminism" and the "Islamic human rights" the way to freedom and equality are not smooth.
3) We will work to ensure that the demands for "equality" with the demands for "freedom" link to arrange a wide women's movement, which combines with other democratic movements.
4) We fight together against the forced veiling, which is the manifestation of the domination of women and an instrument of gender-specific discrimination.
5) We assume that the continuation of repressive measures, the women's movement can bring to a low point. Since we are in exile, however, about the possibility freedom of expression have, we want to support while maintaining our diversity of opinion, the struggle of feminists in Iran.

With this call, we want to take in European cities in North America and various measures to actively support the women's movement in Iran. We call on all women who share our positions and recognize the dangers of the current situation to work with us.


following persons have signed the statement. The arrangement of the registered names is alphabetical:

1 - Shahla Abghari - USA
2 - Simin Afshar - Germany
3 - Ealahe Amani - USA
4 - Negar Amuzandeh - Canada
5 - Iran wick Ansari - France
6 - Lehila Aslani - Germany
7 - Anna Asieh Pak - France
8 - Mariam Azimi - Germany
9 - Chahla Chafiq - France
10 - Mahvash Dalai - Germany
11 - Haideh Daragahi - Sweden
12 - Jasmin Darvish - Austria
13 - Ebrahimzadeh Parvin - Germany
14 - Giti Edalati - Germany
15 - Shahla Feyzi - Germany
16 - Ghodsi Hejazi - Germany
17 - Farmiah Ijadi - Germany
18 - Sholeh Irani - Sweden
19 - Atef Jafari - Germany
20 - Golroch Jahangiri - Germany
21- Mihan Jazani – Frankreich
22- Fatemah Kabiri – Deutschland
23- Monireh Kazemi - Deutschland
24- Nargese Kermanshahi – Kanada
25- Sima Mahzari – Deutschland
26- Soheila Mirzai – Deutschland
27- Akram Mosavi – Deutschland
28- Nahid Nosrat – Deutschland
29- Hamila Nisgili – Deutschland
30- Mariam Nouri – Deutschland
31- Mahshid Pegahi – Deutschland
32- Katayon Pirdavari – Deutschland
33- Mahshid Rasti – Schweden
34- Mahan Rusat – Deutschland
35- Nasrin Saadeghi – Deutschland
36- Saideh Sadat – Deutschland
37- Elahe Sadr – Deutschland
38 - Parvin Saghafi - Germany
39 - Giti Salami - Germany
40 - Parvaneh Sepehr - England
41 - Jaleh Talen Hariri - Germany
42 - Parvaneh Zargar - Germany
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International Network for solidarity with Iranian women's movement

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Contact: iran.women.solidarity @ googlemail.com

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Iran: A commemoration of the women's movement

Two years ago the 12th June in the history of Iranian women's movement received. In the last two Years, the protests during the suffocating repression of the peaceful demonstration for human rights violence in the bud. This year, the commemorative events were held at 12 June in private rooms instead.
In light of the fact that the reformist Islamic movement has failed in Iran and they also could not represent the interests of the Iranian women's movement decided to take the women to organize an independent civil society movement, said Dr. Ladan Borumand in the Persian-language broadcast Voice of America. She said that "Iranian women have opted for the failure of the reform movement, not on government policy to trust, but to organize an independent social movement. "This decision was taken even before Ahmadinejad's election under the presidency of Khatami. The women would be able to state policy disenchanted with the idea and set, therefore, only a democratic movement from below. Bahere Hedayat, a caller who phoned the Iranian exile told Radio Tehran, authentic, that the protests would continue, but in silence. They especially criticized sharply propagated by government officials polygamy, "State support of prostitution" performing.
declaration of the 700
In a statement , Which was signed by more than 700 living in Iran "defender of human rights", it indicates that the campaign "1 Million Signatures . With this campaign, trying to Iranian women's rights in a broad social base for "to change discriminatory laws" create. In November last year, Iranian women activists in Tehran publicly announced the campaign "1 million signatures" to . It's about the equality between women and men and to the implementation of universal human rights. The statement
remember the 700 signatories to the people arrested in recent months, of interrogations, to high security deposits, which constitute in the case of the release of prisoners a great burden. In 121 cases had more than around € 1 million bail for the release of detained women have demanded. This tries to ruin the dictatorship, the movement really financially. For peacefully demonstrating women have been very up to 9 years imprisonment. According to official figures, 14 635 women have been arrested in different parts of Iran, more than 67,000 women have been warned. The declaration states: "The dimensions of this disaster are enormous. It seems as if the permanent institutionalization of fear in the hearts of women is the goal, so they are no longer show in the present society. They want to force women to stay at home. "
The declaration stresses that young women are increasingly female students in the student movement. There is criticism that had been in this year's study places in universities "rationed by gender. The goal "is the number of women studying smaller, so that they do not enjoy higher education more." Side had been expelled several students were arrested, mostly women. Criticized not only concerns are the women, but the destruction of the teachers 'and workers' protests and the expulsion of the Afghans.
The weakest members of society, Women and children, are those who would suffer the most severe state repression. At the same time, the authors of the Declaration and its relationship to the problems that the Iranian government, in international diplomacy. This would increase the pressure on society. This is a dark side of the problem. Was positive, however, that the active presence of women in social struggles would therefore not remove. The women's movement would go on continuously in slow steps.
No one can stop the movement
With the help of various campaigns, such as the campaign "1 Million Signatures or the campaign against stoning are at least problems in the state legislature, as was the blood of law or the criminal responsibility of children discussed in public. The signatories declare that they will continue their struggle against discrimination. They would work with the method of face to face ", informing the Iranian men and women of the discriminatory state laws in order to lay the basis for an enlightened and broad social movement. Such a movement was proof that the activists have learned to work with a lot of patience for the just demands of Iranian women. The signatories to warn the authorities warned that if the aggressive be action against the women's activities continued social problems at an impasse, and this could be solved.
Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize winner said at a small private meeting last Tuesday in Tehran: "You have done us harm. They made us record. But we do not forget that we are not getting nothing. "She said that would now involve women from all walks active in the campaign a million signatures. You also said: "The campaign 1 million signatures is already so large that no one, not even ourselves, to stop this movement may. "
differentiated Without
Islamists in exile, the Iranian women's movement more. In a statement, gave members of an Iranian women's network, which has re-organized in Europe and the United States, not just their solidarity with the women's movement in Iran known. They wrote, among other things, that the "demands of Iranian women for freedom and equality by any ethnic, religious or national identity should be restricted. are therefore also of the 'Islamic feminism' and the 'Islamic' human rights' is no way to freedom and equality. "At the same time, however, could members of very different Religions, and unbelieving atheists the universal values of human rights, freedom and equality of women and initiate defend the way of their implementation.


Wahied of Wahdat-Haqq , columnist for WORLD DEBATE