Women in Iran

Some are asking why the women in the US are not celebrating with the women in Iran. The tyrannical regime in the theocracy has placed undo restrictions on women. Married women require husband’s permission to obtain a passport or travel, and Civil Code allows husbands to restrict their wife’s employment. Enforcement of strict dress codes, often managed by the morality police. Child marriage is permitted, with girls able to marry at 13 or younger with approvals. Women inherit half the share of men and in legal proceedings, a woman’s testimony is worth half that of men. There are few laws protecting against workplace discrimination including dismissal of pregnant women and gender-based hiring. In divorce, fathers get custody of children after age 7 Recently Iranian authorities have adopted a new draconian law that further erases the human rights of women and girls, imposing the death penalty, flogging, prison terms and other severe penalties to crush ongoing resistance to compulsory veiling, Amnesty International said today.