Emerging Women » human rights http://www.emergingwomen.us Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:57:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Women in Iran http://www.emergingwomen.us/2009/06/15/women-in-iran/ http://www.emergingwomen.us/2009/06/15/women-in-iran/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:08:05 +0000 Emerging Women http://www.emergingwomen.us/?p=969 In light of the ongoing protests and election turmoil in Iran, I found this interview with an Iranian women’s rights activist to give a helpful voice to the real people involved there – “Iranian feminist dissident hopes protests will succeed and stay peaceful.”

To her this isn’t about overthrowing a regime, but a call for serious reform that focuses on human rights. People want to stop the abuse of women on the streets by government guards. Women want to live a normal life. For them, it is not just an election, but basic human dignity that is at stake here.

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