Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 00:23:17 -0500 From: "Celle-ci n'est pas moi" <aoliai-AT-students.wisc.edu> Subject: Fw: *AC* Global Women: URGENT ACTION ALERT ON IRAN >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 >>>>>>>____________________________ >>>>>>>Sisterhood Is Global Institute >>>>>>>4343 Montgomery Avenue >>>>>>>Suite 201 >>>>>>>Bethesda, MD 20814, USA >>>>>>>Tel: 301-657-4355 >>>>>>>Fax: 301-657-4381 >>>>>>>Email: <sigi-AT-igc.apc.org> >>>>>>>http://www.sigi.org/ >>>>>>>___________________________ >>>>>>> >>>>>>>************************************************************** >>>>>>>Women's EDGE is a U.S. coalition which unites individuals and >>>>>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. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Women's EDGE >>>>>>>1424 K Street, NW >>>>>>>Suite 700 >>>>>>>Washington, DC 20005 >>>>>>>TEL: 202-637-6215 >>>>>>>FAX: 202-628-3306 >>>>>>>E: womensedge-AT-igc.org >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>***************************************************** >>>>>>>>Amazon City: The first city for women on the Internet. >>>>>>>>http://www.amazoncity.com * city-AT-planetamazon.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>---- >>>>>>Send mail to this list at ausfem-polnet-AT-postoffice.utas.edu.au >>>>>>Admin requests (subscribe, help etc) to Majordomo-AT-postoffice.utas.edu.au >>>>>>Other requests/comments to owner-ausfem-polnet-AT-postoffice.utas.edu.au >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ********************************************************************** Contributions: bourdieu-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu Commands: majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu Requests: bourdieu-approval-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
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