United Nations Experts Getting Involved in Irans Women's Rights Movement
John Johnston
11/28/2008
4:30pm
Experts on women's rights and issues surrounding women's rights have voiced concerns over the treatment of women and women's rights advocates in Iran. There has been a severe crackdown on women that are supporting these advocacies and movements. It has been reported that advocates are facing harassement, arrest, persecution and given jail sentences for protesting and voicing concerns over the treatment of women. A signature campaign, "One Million Signatures Demanding Changes to Discriminatory Laws" has been an area of increased law-supervision due to the purpose of the campaign. "One Million Signatures Demanding Changes to Discriminatory Laws" is trying to get one million signatures that demands the reform of laws that discrimate against women. The statement from the UN experts urge Iran to start abiding by laws that are currently in place to protect women.
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A lot has been written/published about Iran in the past months, which signals its needs for reform and change in the laws and traditions that concern women and their rights. It seems as though much attention has been focused on Iran, and for pertitant reasons. Iran continues to lag behind in almost every aspect of daily life. The economy, especially the currency, is suffereing greatly, there are threats against Iran and nuclear actions from Iran, and the continuing women's rights violations that occur daily, it seems as if Iran does not care about changing. So many policies and sanctions and attention has been on Iran, but if a country does not want to change or agree to all the aforementioned agreements, what can be done? When does it fall on the shoulders of the world to force a country into obedience and submission? It seems as though a country like Iran, that continues to discriminate against women needs to wake up and pay attention to the benefits of female contribution to society and the positive benefits associated with it.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=29103&Cr=human+rights&Cr1=defenders
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