::Status
of Women in Iran. According to Islam, existence, with all
contrasts and differences, is a unified and
interrelated divine system. Men and women
are complementary to one another and both
enjoy equal status. Therefore, equality
between men and women is an inherent and
assured fact. Differences defined in the
progressive laws of Islam for men and women
are based on roles played and
responsibilities assumed by them. In fact,
the rights and privileges specified for
women in Islam arise from their natural and
permanent requirements. Because of women's
physical characteristics and their role in
creation, some of the laws in Islam give
special privileges to them. Seeing women and
men equal in all aspects is, indeed, a
discriminatory approach towards women and
tends to violate some of their natural
rights. Thus, it is best for women to
participate in development with due
consideration to their physical and
spiritual needs.
Men and women, equally, should endeavor to
fulfil their ideals through the advancement
of knowledge, promotion of understanding,
safeguarding of human integrity, enjoyment
of the gifts of life, benefiting from
individual and social freedoms and the
creation of a better world to live in.
On the other hand, women's profound sense of
compassion and deep emotions are of great
significance in safeguarding morality and
humanistic qualities in society, which are
so crucial in the prevention of cruelty and
atrocities that are a permanent threat to
human survival. It is for these reasons that
women enjoy special status in education.
Women have the power to influence social
values and, therefore, must strive to
increase their potential in accordance with
moral values. The educational influence of
women goes far beyond the upbringing of
their own children; it embraces the entire
human society.
The Islamic government is committed to the
provision of all necessary means, including
appropriate legislation, to enhance women's
scientific, educational, social and
political capacities in order to enable
women to have intellectual, logical and
moral participation in the progress of
society. During their presence in various
activities, Islamic dress (hijab) is
protection against the perpetration of abuse
and cruelty against women. Obviously, one's
behavior and the dress one wears is a
reflection of one's beliefs and the set of
values a person holds.
In summary, we conclude that Islam
emphasizes equality and not unqualified
similarity of treatment of men and women and
it has foreseen a special status for women
in order to protect their rights
unequivocally.
:: The Role of Women in the Family .
The great human society consists of smaller
units called "the family" that is based on
human love and understanding, not on carnal
and other desires. Woman is the symbol of
divine beauty. She emanates mercy and
kindness and with the help of these serene
qualities establishes a good, stable family.
Therefore, the integrity of the family rests
with the woman. As long as the basis of
benevolence has not been formed between the
members of the family, the greater human
society will never be based on co-operation,
mutual understanding and friendship. The
crucial element that maintains forgiveness,
kindness and sacrifice in the family is the
mother, who strengthens the bonds between
the family members and educates and trains
the children in a healthy, united
environment. Whoever disrupts and unravels
these family bonds shall be deprived of
divine benevolence.
In most European languages the
words "Garden" and "Paradise" are
both related to the term <paradiza>,
which in old Persian means "an
enclosure". In Iran the garden is
the most evocative image of the
supreme happiness that this world
can offer; a pleasure to the senses
and the soul.
The carpet is an essential facet
of the art of the living and
therefore of the basic culture of
the Iranian people.
A rug, with its wealth of colour
and symbolic designs, represents a
kind of victory over the wilderness
of the desert. The tree of life is
the sign of eternity; and the
pomegranate is the sign of abundance
and the incarnation of happiness.
There are also doves of peace, and
parrots of love. A carpet so
patiently woven is really an image
of paradise.
The Iranian woman in history
contributed to the delicate design,
beauty and harmony of her family
exactly in the same manner in which
she created her artful Persian
carpets. This way a woman prepared
the way for the others' elevation to
spiritual perfection.
Since literature and arts are the
most beautiful vessels for conveying
cultural messages, one of the
characteristic of the Iranian woman,
throughout the ages, has been
artistry. The tribal dress of the
rural Iranian woman, made by herself
and looking like the most beautiful
paintings, tells of her tribe's
cultural, artistic and historical
roots. The artistry of tribal women
can be seen on their dresses, rugs,
tents sugar cups, horse saddles, and
other objects. Although the artistry
of city dwelling women is less
evident, you can hardly find and
Iranian woman who is not adept at
once form of art or another. ToDay,
the Muslim Iranian woman is active
in all artistic fields, such as
poetry, storywriting, playwriting,
cinematography, graphics, music,
sculpture and other forms of
artistic expression. You would
rarely come across joint art
exhibitions, where women are not
participating alongside men.
"Seek
knowledge from cradle to grave",
said our
prophet (P.B.U.H.) addressing all
men and women; and the principle of
equality of men and women, embodied
in the national Constitution,
provides the ground for educating
women to the extent of their
ability. Women's literacy rate, in
the Islamic Republic of Iran is
rising. Older women, living in urban
an rural areas, who were denied
education in their younger day are
enthusiastically enrolling in
literacy classes.
Under
the Iranian Constitution,
the family is the basic unit
of society and the main
center for growth and
ascendance of man. Women
enjoy a rich Islamic culture
from which they draw their
strength. They rely on the
power of religion to bring
vitality, justice and
equality to the family, and
to revive their cultural
identity. Islamic rules
account for strong family
ties, deep positive changes
in gender relations, and
raising the status of women.
The
family, in the wide sense of
the word, is a shelter for
its own members, and Iranian
women have successfully
combined family obligations
with career responsibilities
and participating in the
public life.
The
Iranian women draw much of
their strength from the laws
of Islam. Islam promotes
women's full participation
in all aspects of national
life. Women are encouraged
to take up social and
economic activities. Under
Islamic principles, women
have equal access to
financial resources and
ownership of land and
property. Rights to
independent income, and
control over their family
inheritance are indisputably
guaranteed for Muslim women.
Islam
granted women suffrage some
1400 years ago, when Prophet
Mohammad (P.B.U.H)
established the first
Islamic government in
Medina. Though certain
reactionary secular powers
gradually restrained women's
rights, Islamic ideology and
principles remained as a
source of inspiration for
Muslims in general and
Muslim women in particular,
until the Day came to revive
their religious and cultural
heritage.
1. Nearly every
ancient religion has
preserved the memory of the
mother
goddess in whose person
people venerated the very
principle of existence.
It was a symbol of fertility
and abundance which the
nave image represented.
These were represented, in
varying degrees of crudity,
in a female personage;
and, they are found on a
great number of
archaeological sites in the
Iranian Plateau. The
decorative repertory of the
pottery of the forth
millennium is made up of
such elements as the horns
of a bull or an ibex, a bird
wing, a lion's head and the
foot of some wading birds,
to mention but a few
examples. Her cult was
subsequently replaced by
that of male deities, of
whom she remained both wife
and mother.
2. In the pre-Zoroastrian
Iran, Anahita was the
goddess for water, rain,
abundance, blessing,
fertility, marriage, love,
motherhood, birth and
victory. This goddess was
the manifestation of women's
perfection. Ancient kings
were crowned by their queens
in Anahita's temple in order
to gain her protection and
support. Anahita's blessing
would bring fertility and
abundance to the country.
The
Islamic government has
initiated strong measures to
bring women's sport into the
main stream of national
development planning. The
first step was taken by the
establishment of a Sport
Research Committee, in 1988,
to study women's athletic
needs nationwide. This
committee provides a strong
basis for planning women's
sport activities.
The
next significant measure was
the appointment of a woman
as "deputy director" of the
National Committee of
Olympics.
Such
steps brought women's sport
into light. In 1991, the
first Islamic Countries
Congress for Women's Sport
was held to provide the
ground for women's
participation in regional
and international contests.
During
recent years, Iranian women,
including the handicapped,
have taken part in many
national and international
contests, and proved their
endurance and high
potentials.
Article 20- all the nation,
men and women, are equally
protected by law, and enjoy
every political, economic,
social, cultural and human
right in accordance with
Islamic principles.
Article 21-The government is
obligated to assure the
rights of women, in every
dimension, in accordance
with Islamic principles and
to carry out the following
tasks:
Creation of appropriate
grounds for the growth
of women's personality
ensuring their material
and spiritual rights.
Creation of a support
system for mothers,
particularly expecting
mothers.
Creation of a social
security service for the
widowed and the elderly
women.
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