The universal goals of the Iran National Council’s Charter on Gender Equality as summarized by the Ninth Principle are categorized as follows:
1) Abolishment of all misogynistic laws, which promote gender discrimination,
2) Legislation that guarantees equal rights for men and women in the family,
3) The right to the freedom of clothing, and its inclusion within the Constitution,
4) The use of legal instruments to combat discrimination within the private sector, legislature classifying gender discrimination as a ‘tort’, and allowing victims to sue against violators,
5) The establishment of institutes promoting gender equality, from preschool aged children to adults
6) To ensure gender equality in educational services and in educational settings,
7) Legislation that requires the presence of women within decision-making bodies,
8) Gender equality within all spheres of society, including, but not limited to, art, culture and sport,
9) Legislation which criminalizes domestic violence against women, and the establishment of institutes to handle such crime,
10) The adoption of certain laws that criminalize sexual and verbal harassment against women in society, and further fight such injustices
11) Increasing the minimum legal age of marriage for women to eighteen years, and enacting a strict ban on child marriages,
12) Enacting laws that guarantee equal pay between men and women,
13) Recognizing equal rights amongst men and women for travel and passport use,
14) Recognizing equal rights amongst men and women for employment purposes, with women not requiring authorization from their husbands
15) Recognizing the sole right of each individual woman to her own body
16) Further research and investing in vehicles to promote and uphold the empowerment of women
Long Live Iran
The Iran National Council
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1) Abolishment of all misogynistic laws, which promote gender discrimination,
2) Legislation that guarantees equal rights for men and women in the family,
3) The right to the freedom of clothing, and its inclusion within the Constitution,
4) The use of legal instruments to combat discrimination within the private sector, legislature classifying gender discrimination as a ‘tort’, and allowing victims to sue against violators,
5) The establishment of institutes promoting gender equality, from preschool aged children to adults
6) To ensure gender equality in educational services and in educational settings,
7) Legislation that requires the presence of women within decision-making bodies,
8) Gender equality within all spheres of society, including, but not limited to, art, culture and sport,
9) Legislation which criminalizes domestic violence against women, and the establishment of institutes to handle such crime,
10) The adoption of certain laws that criminalize sexual and verbal harassment against women in society, and further fight such injustices
11) Increasing the minimum legal age of marriage for women to eighteen years, and enacting a strict ban on child marriages,
12) Enacting laws that guarantee equal pay between men and women,
13) Recognizing equal rights amongst men and women for travel and passport use,
14) Recognizing equal rights amongst men and women for employment purposes, with women not requiring authorization from their husbands
15) Recognizing the sole right of each individual woman to her own body
16) Further research and investing in vehicles to promote and uphold the empowerment of women
Long Live Iran
The Iran National Council
#equality #gender #Women #InernationalDay
