If you are against
death by
stoning!
If you are against
forced veiling!
If you are against
prosecution and imprisonment of women!
If you are against
lashing a woman’s body!
If you are against
any form
of patriarchy!
If you are against
all the medieval
laws of
Join
the great walk against anti women laws in
Republic on
For over 25 years
one of the
most anti women governments of the world has ruled
For over 25 years
Iranian
women have struggled and resisted against poverty and injustice in the
political,
cultural and economical aspects of life .
Women have
endured being lashed, stoned to death ,
jailed, tortured and executed, but
they have not surrendered
to the medieval laws of
We, the women of
the “Campaign
for the abolition of all Legislation confirming inequality and
imposing Islamic
punishment on Iranian Women”, will observe International women’s day,
by organising a great walk from
This rally is the
right place
for :
Any woman, who
feels brutalised by hearing news that her
sisters are stoned to
death in
Any woman, who has
felt the
bitterness of punishment by lashing simply for defending the right to
choose
her own clothes.
Any woman, who
refuses to surrender
to inferiority and inequality.
Any woman, who
fights for the
right to control her
own body.
Any woman, who is
struggling
for determine her own destiny.
Any woman who
believes in a woman’s right
to divorce,
the right to travel, the right of
choice, the right of custody and all other basic human rights.
Any woman, who is
not willing to
submit to
the medieval laws of the
Islamic Republic.
Any
woman who wants to abolish the interference of religion in all aspects
of political
and social life, in particular when it concerns women’s lives.
In
this rally,
there is a place for all freedom loving women and men, all political
and
progressive and revolutionary forces, who want equality between men and
women in
every aspects of life,
a place for all those who oppose gender discrimination in
any
form.
Freedom
loving
men and women!
Your
active
participation in this walk will resonate
the voice of
the just struggles of Iranian women. We want this voice to be heard
throughout
the world, and we want to mobilise the
International
women’s movement against world Imperialism, the main protector of male
chauvinism in every corner of this world.
Let
us play our
role in burying this medieval regime, by joining in solidarity with the
struggles of Iranian people.
Let
us pay our
respect to the
needs
and demands of Iranian women whose struggles have become the
shining example of these struggles. No
doubt the degree of
progress and freedom in any society is measured by the rights and
liberty of
women in that society.
Campaign
for the abolition of all legislation confirming inequality and imposing
Islamic
punishment on Iranian Women.
November
2005