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The National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a>‘s position on gender equality is:<\/p>\n We believe in complete gender equality in political, social, and economic arenas. We also committed to equal participation of women in political leadership. Any form of discrimination against women will be abolished. They will enjoy the right to freely choose their clothing.<\/p>\n We are committed to the Universal Declaration of Humans Rights and international covenants and conventions, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention Against Torture, and the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women.<\/p>\n An outline<\/a> of the Iranian Resistance’s viewpoints on women’s rights in tomorrow’s Iran(1) is declared as follows:<\/p>\n \u2022 Women shall have the equal right to enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms. \u2022 Women must enjoy the protection of the law equal to men. \u2022 Women are free to choose their clothing. \u2022 Women shall enjoy the right to participate \u201cin the formulation of government policy and the implementation thereof and to hold public office and perform all public functions at all levels of government.\u201d \u2022 Women shall enjoy equal rights as men in terms of inheritance, entering contracts, and property management. \u2022 Women must have free and equal rights to choose, marry or divorce a spouse. \u2022 Various forms of violence against women, acts of intimidation, or forcible deprivation of their freedoms shall be considered crimes.<\/p>\n \u2022 Sex trade is prohibited. \u2022 The mullahs\u2019 Sharia laws shall not have a place in the laws of\u00a0future Iran<\/strong><\/a>. \u2022 Women must have access to social benefits, especially as it relates to retirement, unemployment, old age, other forms of disability, maternity leave during pregnancy and after delivery, and the right to sufficient nutrition-free services during pregnancy this period. Our experience (within the Resistance movement) made it palpably clear that defeating the curse of inequality is impossible without a leap forward, meaning that competent women had to assume leadership responsibilities without the slightest degree of anxiety. Women\u2019s hegemony in the Iranian Resistance, as a paradigm-shifting transformation, paved the way for women to take on responsibilities in all fields.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As a result of this campaign, women succeeded in adopting noble values and rose above a decadent and reactionary culture. <\/p>\n They parted with vices that would hold them back, like jealousy, comparison, and attributing worth to physical attributes, appearances, and age, all of which significantly deplete women\u2019s energies. They also managed to replace attitudes of frailty and fragility with a sense of forte and strength.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n They shed their fears of facing defeat or exhibiting weakness in the face of difficulties. Instead of succumbing to pressure, they learned to cultivate the power within themselves to overcome defeat. <\/p>\n In our movement, relations among women have changed such that women stand alongside each other and support and hear one another as if they were biological sisters. They fulfill the most cumbersome responsibilities collectively and based on such relations. They do not undermine each other. Progress made by any one of them is a source of encouragement and inspiration for other women. Furthermore, collective effort to elevate the responsibilities of other women is considered a virtue.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Each woman in the Resistance has realized that she would be empowering herself by cooperating with and supporting her colleagues. In this path, they have attained an incredible ability to make sacrifices for their sisters. For this reason, they succeeded in running the affairs of Camp Ashraf in the most challenging and complicated battles in the last decade.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To rebuild the\u00a0free Iran<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0of tomorrow, we must still be armed with this outlook so that we can create democratic institutions in our society. In other words, the Iranian Resistance also has the historic responsibility to be a builder and a founder. <\/p>\n The idea of equality in our movement is inspirational and promising for Iranian society, especially its women and youth. <\/p>\n When you target the mullahs\u2019 misogyny, you are aiming at the heart of their ideology. As a result, neither the mullahs\u2019 jurisprudence nor Sharia, nor their reactionary laws and culture, would find a solid footing.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This explains why the mullahs target the\u00a0PMOI<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0incessantly and extensively through utter demagoguery. In their view, the PMOI\u2019s first offense is its unwavering commitment to bring about regime change in Iran. <\/p>\n In addition to this, under the mullahs\u2019 Sharia, the PMOI has committed the cardinal sin because the Iranian Resistance believes that Iranian women are competent enough and must assume the leadership of the democratic Iran of tomorrow. <\/p>\n\nMaryam Rajavi’s Plan For Women’s Equal Rights And Freedoms<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
1. Fundamental freedoms and rights<\/h3>\n
\n\u2022 Irrespective of their ethnicity, religion, social class, or demographics, women everywhere, in whatever village or city, must have the same rights as men in all economic, social, and political spheres. Discrimination against women will be abolished in all its forms.
\n\u2022 Women are free to choose their place of residence, occupation, and education. They must have the opportunity to travel freely, have the right to choose their spouse freely, have the freedom to choose their clothing, and have the right to leave the country, to obtain foreign citizenship, to devolve citizenship to their children, to divorce, and to obtain custody and guardianship over children.
\n\u2022 Belief in a specific faith or religion must not count as a factor to degrade any\u00a0women<\/strong>\u00a0or prevent them from access to employment opportunities or educational and judicial resources.<\/p>\n2. Equality before the law<\/h3>\n
\n\u2022 Women must enjoy access to guaranteed judicial recourse in the face of violence, rape, discrimination, and deprivation of liberty.
\n\u2022 Women must have equal rights as men before the courts.
\n\u2022 Courts must view testimonies and affidavits submitted by women equal in weight to those submitted by men.
\n\u2022 The legal age for girls shall be 18. Before this age, girls shall not be subject to criminal punishment.<\/p>\n3. Freedom of choosing one\u2019s clothing<\/h3>\n
\n\u2022 The law of forced veiling shall be repealed.
\n\u2022 Laws that prescribe administrative punishment for lack of veiling of female workers or employees will be repealed.
\n\u2022 Written or unwritten laws on controlling women\u2019s clothing or behavior under the rubric of \u201cmal-veiling,\u201d which have violated Iranian women\u2019s right to freedom and security, shall have no place in tomorrow\u2019s Iran.<\/p>\n4. Equal participation in political leadership<\/h3>\n
\n\u2022 Women must specifically enjoy the right to equal participation in the country\u2019s political leadership.
\n\u2022 In order to dispense with any inequality, I propose that the government appoint\u00a0women<\/strong>\u00a0for at least half of its posts, and I suggest that political parties be obliged to choose at least half their candidates from among women for parliamentary elections.
\n\u2022 Any laws that cause prohibitions or limitations on women occupying government posts or senior judicial and legal positions must be repealed.<\/p>\n5. Equality in the economic sphere<\/h3>\n
\n\u2022 Women shall have equal opportunities as men in the labor market.
\n\u2022 Women must receive equal pay for equal work as men and have job security and full benefits.
\n\u2022 In accessing housing, appropriate nutrition, medical services, education, and athletic and artistic endeavors, women shall enjoy equal opportunities as men.<\/p>\n6. Equality in the family<\/h3>\n
\n\u2022 Polygamy is prohibited.
\n\u2022 Marriage before reaching legal age is prohibited. In family life, any coercion or compulsion of women is prohibited.
\n\u2022 Familial responsibilities such as housekeeping, raising children, employment, and educating children are the obligation of both men and women
\n\u2022 Women shall have the right to obtain custody of their children.
\n\u2022 Employment of young girls below the legal age shall be prohibited. They will enjoy special privileges in the field of education.
\n\u2022 Government inquisition and meddling in women\u2019s private lives are prohibited.<\/p>\n7. Elimination of violence<\/h3>\n
8. Elimination of sexual exploitation<\/h3>\n
\n\u2022 Trafficking of women and forcing them into prostitution is a crime, and those responsible will be criminally prosecuted.
\n\u2022 Anyone committing sexual crimes against children will be prosecuted.
\n\u2022 Any form of sexual exploitation of women under any pretext shall be prohibited, and all customs, laws, and regulations which allow the parents, guardian, or a third party related to a girl or woman to give away the latter to another party for sexual pleasure or exploitation under the pretext of marriage or anything else will be annulled.<\/p>\n9. Repealing\u00a0Mullahs\u2019 Sharia laws<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n\u2022 Emphasis shall be \u201cto repeal all national penal provisions which constitute\u00a0discrimination against women<\/a>.\u201d
\n\u2022 Appalling and brutal laws such as stoning will be repealed.
\n\u2022 All laws authorizing crimes against women under familial pretexts shall be repealed.<\/p>\n10. Social benefits<\/h3>\n
\n\u2022 The government is obligated to plan to provide for the nursery and daycare requirements of working women. All employed women must have access to nursery and daycare centers for raising their children.
\n\u2022 Women belonging to minorities, female refugees or immigrants, women living in villages or remote areas, underprivileged women, female prisoners, girl children, and disabled or weak or older women shall enjoy special financial, educational, and medical support from the government.
\n\u2022 Depriving women employed under temporary contracts of social benefits shall be prohibited.
\n\u2022 Dismissing women from work or reducing their wages due to pregnancy or delivery or obligating them to perform dangerous jobs during this period shall be prohibited.
\n\u2022 Women must enjoy the right to suitable housing and to live in a safe, calm, and decent place. They must have security against forcible evacuation and destruction of their homes. We stress the adoption of laws to prevent women\u2019s risk of losing their homes after their husbands\u2019 death.
\n\u2022 The government shall assume responsibility for supporting single women who provide for their families.<\/p>\nEqual and Active participation of Women in Leadership<\/h3>\n
\nAs a first accomplishment, they came to believe in themselves and their capabilities. Moreover, when they discovered how vital their responsible roles are in advancing the struggle against religious tyranny, they decided to leave the world of irresponsibility and passivity, where a women\u2019s self-identity is reliant on others. Instead, they stepped into a world of responsible women who lead a struggle with all its potential consequences.<\/p>\n
\nInstead of losing hope, they learned to remain helpful and assiduous in opening the path to victory.<\/p>\n
\nIf democracy does not rely on gender equality, participation of all people, free choice of all sectors of society, and unconditional\u00a0freedom<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0of speech, it would quickly deviate and take on reactionary tendencies.<\/p>\n
\nWhen you target sexism, you are attempting to shatter the velayat-e faqih system\u2019s cornerstone (absolute clerical rule).<\/p>\n
\nIn their view, the PMOI\u2019s first offense is its unwavering commitment to bring about regime change in\u00a0Iran<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nThis movement totally rejects the ruling ideology and behavior and has risen to overthrow oppression, inequality, and injustice in its foundation.(2)<\/p>\nNo to Compulsory Veiling<\/h3>\n