Iranian
women are a force to be reckoned with. Their various campaign groups,
such as the One Million Signatures Campaign, are
going strong and there are
success stories which show the strength of their cause. Perhaps as a result, two
disputed articles proposing a relaxation of the polygamy laws and
discriminating against women who marry foreigners in the Iranian
'Family Protection Bill' have now been scrapped by the government. And rightly so. Those
groups, aided by the involvement of high-profile figures like
Shirin
Ebadi, who have
voiced concern about the bill, must be encouraged by this. So let's hope this brave,
united and ongoing pressure on the government will encourage the
removal of the remaining contentious articles and help to create a
Family Protection Bill that
does protect the family...
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