Women, Islam & Equality
The National Council of Resistance of Iran
Foreign Affairs Committee
A publication of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of
Resistance of Iran.
Correspondence address: B.P. 18, 95430 Auvers-sur-Oise, France
As the Fourth World Conference on Women convenes in Beijing, China,
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO
millions of oppressed women around the world, particularly those in
Islamic countries.
CONTENTS
- Introduction
- I A Century Long Quest for Equality
- Women Under the Pahlavi Dictatorship
- Notes
- II Prime Victims
- Prime Victims of Poverty
- Brutalizing Dissident Women
- Violence Against Women
- Stoning to Death
- Inequalities in Health Care
- Women & the Iran - Iraq War
- Girl Children Abused
- Educational Opportunities
- Participation in the Economy
- Unequal Before the Law
- Unequal Opportunity to Advance
- Rising Suicide Among Women
- Notes
- III Islam: Beacon of Women's Emancipation
- Pioneers in Converting to Islam
- The Right to Leadership
- Society of Equality & Fraternity (Qest)
- Muhammed's Revolution & Women
- Independence in Economic Affairs
- Women in Social Struggle
- Price for Women's Liberty
- Oath of Allegiance With all Women
- Notes
- IV Women in the Resistance
- Women Lead the Way
- Freedoms & the Rights of Women
- Women in the Resistance's Army
- The Finishing Touch
- Notes
- V Architect of Women's Liberation
- The Post-shah Era
- Changing Women's Roles
- The President-elect
- New Hope
- Reviving the Arts
- Charter of Freedoms
- Challenging Islamic Fundamentalism
- International Support
- Notes
