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Organisation for Women’s
Liberation (OWL) was built on 14th December 2002 in
direct response to the growing women’s
movement in Iran for equality and
liberation The contemporary history of
women’s movement in Iran dates back to
the 1979 uprising, when their struggle and
aspirations for an equal and just society
for all was crushed by the newly empowered Islamic Republic of Iran.
Women were the first social
strata of the society to be suppressed by
the Islamic regime. The imposition of
Islamic laws, such as the compulsory veil, gender segregation in public
places,
negation of the right to divorce or
custody of children for women, and the
subsequent punishments for defying these
laws, such as arrests, imprisonment, stoning
and execution have all made life a hell
for millions of women in Iran.
However, what we are witnessing
in Iran is the growing women’s movement to combat women’s suppression
and
humiliation. Women in Iran demand freedom,
equality, separation of religion from
state, and an end to sexual apartheid. OWL
belongs to this movement. We regard
political Islam as one of the main
obstacles in the path of women’s
movement for change, especially in the
Middle Eastern countries. |
