Iranian Woman

An Iranian woman;

Wakes up every morning knowing that she’s not equal to a man in the eyes of the law.

 Fights everyday to be looked at as a human before a woman.

 Is treated as an inferior in the family and then in the society.

 Is forced into marriage and forced to stay in it.

Doesn’t have the right to marry without father’s permission.

Doesn’t have the right to travel without the father or the husband’s permission.

Can not pass her nationality to her children.

An Iranian Woman;

Is told all her life to be ashamed of her sexuality.

Is told that her existence is the source of all sin.

Is told to cover herself up so that men don’t sin.

Is to told to be modest, to not attract attention

 

An Iranian Woman;

Is told to be invisible.

Is told to stay in the dark and not enter the light.

Is told to obey and not question.

But Iranian women have never bowed to these demands.

Iranian women have been fighting for their rights for more than a hundred years; they never gave into what the Regimes demanded from them.

They stood tall and protested.  For thirty years the Islamic Regime in Iran has tried to marginalise women but hasn’t been successful, and now we see that women have come out stronger than ever to fight for democracy, for freedom.

This is why i am proud to say that i am an Iranian woman. A woman who will not be told she is worth half a man.

We Iranian Women will stand tall to the very end. Nothing can break me. Nothing can break you. Nothing can break us.

 

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