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Plan for Freedoms and Rights of Iranian Women |
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Monday, 13 June 2005 |
Adopted: April 1987
As with other council ratifications for the post-Khomeini era the
declaration specifies the future Provisional Government's plan of
action regarding the rights and liberties of women. The articles of the
declaration are as follows:
1- The right to elect and be elected in all elections, and the right to suffrage in all referendums.
2- The right to employment and free selection of profession, and the
right to hold any public or government position, office of profession,
including the presidency or judgeship in all judicial institutions.
3- The right to free political and social activity, social intercourse and travel without the permission of another person.
4- The right to freely choose clothing and covering.
5- The right to use, without discrimination, all instructional,
educational, athletic, and artistic resources; and the right to
participate in all athletic competitions and artistic activities.
6- Recognition of women's associations and support for their voluptuary
formation throughout the country; consideration of special privileges
in various social, administrative, cultural, and particularly
educational fields in order to abolish inequality and the dual
oppression of women.
7- Equal pay for equal work; prohibition of discrimination in hiring
and during employment; equal access to various privileges such as
vacations, retirement benefits, and disability compensations; enjoyment
of child and marital benefits and unemployment insurance; the right to
salary and special accommodations during pregnancy, childbirth, and
care of infants.
8- Absolute freedom in choice of spouse and marriage, which can take
place only with the attainment of legal age is prohibited; in family
life, any form of compulsion or coercion of the wife is prohibited.
9- Equal right to divorce; divorce must be processed by a qualified
judicial court; women and men are equal in presenting grounds for
divorce; child custody and support as well as financial settlements
will be determined by the verdict for divorce.
10- Support for widowed and divorced women and for children in their
custody; care will be provided through the National Social Welfare
System.
11- Elimination of legal inequalities with regard to testimony, guardianship, custody and inheritance.
12- Polygamy is prohibited; under special circumstances, the law would specify the appropriate arrangements.
13- Prohibition of all forms of sexual exploitation of women on any
pretext, and abrogation of all customs, laws, and provisions
authorizing the father, mother, parent, guardian, or another to bestow
a girl or a woman, on the pretext of marriage or other, for sexual
gratification or exploitation.
The above declaration was unanimously ratified and signed on April 17,
1987, by all member-organizations and personalities of the National
Council of Resistance. |
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