Will you join me in giving a voice to #ArezooBadri, paralyzed after being shot by Iran’s morality police for not covering her hair? Arezoo needs us now. Make a video or write a statement asking, #WhereIsArezoo and why the government is silencing her family. Her sister is under pressure to do forced confessions. An international investigation is urgently needed. Together, we are a stronger
Wow! Just watch it yourself to learn how to fight like an Iranian woman
This video, shared by pro-regime accounts, is meant to instill fear, but how can one not be moved by the lion-hearted defiance of this woman against Iran’s Hijab Police? She boldly tells the enforcer, ‘You can put a headscarf on me only when I pull your hijab off.’ When the officer threatens to call for backup, she fearlessly responds, ‘I’m not afraid of you,’ then turns to the crowd and shouts, ‘Don’t be afraid of them! These women are making history. They are the future of Iran.
#WomanLifeFreedom
#WhereIsArezoo
Iranian women’s rights activist @AlinejadMasih has been appointed as a member of the Gender Equality Advisory Council (GEAC), an independent consultative body of the G7 on gender equality and women’s empowerment issues which provides specific recommendations to the G7 Leaders. “Your extensive expertise, achievements, and dedication to advancing gender equality will significantly contribute to our collective efforts in promoting women’s empowerment and fostering a more inclusive society,” Eugenia Roccella, the Equal Opportunities Minister of Italy – the rotating president of the G7 – said in a letter to Alinejad.
