Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 02:42:15 -0500
From: vacirca-AT-charm.net (robert brown)
Subject: AUT: Fw: *AC* Global Women: URGENT ACTION ALERT ON IRAN


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>From: "Celle-ci n'est pas moi" <aoliai-AT-students.wisc.edu>
>Subject: Fw: *AC* Global Women: URGENT ACTION ALERT ON IRAN
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>>To: fxa2424-AT-msn.com
>>From: Celle-ci n'est pas moi <aoliai-AT-students.wisc.edu>
>>Subject: Fw: *AC* Global Women: URGENT ACTION ALERT ON IRAN
>>
>> >>Subject: Fw: *AC* Global Women: URGENT ACTION ALERT ON IRAN
>>>>
>>>>  ON IRAN
>>>>>
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>This one is pretty scary. Gender apartheid.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>U   R   G   E   N   T       A   C   T   I   O   N       A   L   E
>R   T
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>IRAN'S PARLIAMENT AUTHORIZES GENDER SEGREGATION OF HEALTH SERVICES &
>>>>>>>>CENSORSHIP OF WOMEN'S ISSUES
>>>>>>>>April 24, 1998
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Iran's parliament, the Islamic Consultative Assembly, on Wednesday gave
>>>>>>>>initial approval to a law requiring hospitals to fully segregate all
>>>>>>health
>>>>>>>>services offered to men and women. This move at widening the system of
>>>>>>>>gender apartheid puts women's health in severe jeopardy because
>there are
>>>>>>>>not enough women doctors across the country to attend to women's needs.
>>>>>>The
>>>>>>>>regime must be stopped from putting in danger the health of 30 million
>>>>>>>>women by taking away their access to health care.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Recently, the parliament also passed a law that prohibits the press
>from
>>>>>>>>using pictures of women, even when fully veiled, on the publication's
>>>>>>front
>>>>>>>>page. The law also makes illegal discussions of women's issues or
>rights
>>>>>>>>outside of the requirements of the Shari`a (Islamic law) as
>interpreted by
>>>>>>>>the ruling clerics. This law will endanger activists, journalists,
>>>>>>writers,
>>>>>>>>publishers, in fact any one who seeks to improve women's status.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>After the Islamic Republic came to power in 1979, it instituted forced
>>>>>>>>veiling for women under the penalty of flogging and imprisonment, and
>>>>>>>gender
>>>>>>>>segregation in all public spaces. It excluded women from numerous
>fields
>>>>>>of
>>>>>>>>study and employment, nullified the family protection law that gave
>women
>>>>>>>>rights within the family, reduced the minimum legal age of marriage for
>>>>>>>>women to nine, and passed a penal code that includes stoning of women
>>>>>>>>suspected of adultery. Despite the regime's oppressive measures, women
>>>>>>>>resisted and forced it to withdraw in certain areas. It has now
>begun once
>>>>>>>>again to extend the parameters of its gender apartheid policies.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>In 1997 President Khatami was elected to office by the overwhelming
>votes
>>>>>>>of
>>>>>>>>women who expected him to ease the policies of gender apartheid.
>However,
>>>>>>>>nothing tangible has yet occurred. On the contrary, the tension between
>>>>>>>>civil society and the regime is increasing. The regime has consistently
>>>>>>>>tried to limit women's freedom of movement and access to public
>>>>>>>>institutions. Women have been resisting and fighting back. In the past,
>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>>regime has had to withdraw in many areas under pressure from
>domestic and
>>>>>>>>international forces. It is imperative that the international community
>>>>>>>>makes its position known on this issue in support of Iranian women.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Action Requested:
>>>>>>>>Please write to the Iranian authorities expressing your support for the
>>>>>>>>women of Iran, and urging them to rescind these laws which will
>reinforce
>>>>>>>>gender apartheid in Iran.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Addresses:
>>>>>>>>Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Khatami, Office of the President
>>>>>>>>Palestine Avenue, Azerbaijan Intersection, Tehran, The Islamic
>Republic of
>>>>>>>>Iran   Fax: 98-21-674-790
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Hojjatoleslam Ali Akbar Nateqr-Nouri, President, Islamic Consultative
>>>>>>>>Assembly
>>>>>>>>Imam Khomeini Avenue, Tehran, The Islamic Republic of Iran   Fax:
>>>>>>>>98-21-204-0541
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>H.E. Mehdi Faridzadeh, Ambassador, Iranian Mission to the United
>Nations
>>>>>>>>622 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA   Tel: 212-687-2020   Fax:
>>>>>>>>212-867-7086
>>>>>>>>____________________________
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>>>>>>>>Suite 201
>>>>>>>>Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
>>>>>>>>Tel: 301-657-4355
>>>>>>>>Fax: 301-657-4381
>>>>>>>>Email: <sigi-AT-igc.apc.org>
>>>>>>>>http://www.sigi.org/
>>>>>>>>___________________________
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>**************************************************************
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>>>>>>organizations
>>>>>>>>to advocate on gender, development and economic globalization
>issues.  To
>>>>>>>>learn how to join EDGE or receive more information about our programs,
>>>>>>send
>>>>>>>>an e-mail message to <womensedge-AT-igc.org> with the word "info" in the
>>>>>>>>subject line and your mailing address in the body of the message.
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>Suite 700
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>>>>>>>>
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