Friday 16 December 2011

Iran Share Stories of Women, Rights, and the Islamic World in Yogyakarta



Yogyakarta - Three women of Iran to share their stories about women, human rights and the Islamic world with the people of Yogyakarta, Thursday (15/12). They are Fereshteh Ruh Afza, Tahereh Nazari, and Shayesteh Khuy.
They are not ordinary Iranian women. Fereshteh Ruh Afza were women elected in 2010 from the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran as well as TV programs manager for the comparison of women's rights between Islam and the West. Tahereh Nazari is chairman of the International Committee of Women Social Cultural Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran as well as international affairs director of women's rights. Meanwhile, Shayesteh Khuy is a division of female teachers and administrators Consultation Center Astan-e Qods-e Razavi, Mashad, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Third Iranian women are accidentally imported into Indonesia to share stories about women in the struggle for human rights in the Islamic world. According to organizers, the chairman of Raushan Fikr Institute, AM Safwan, Indonesia should learn from Iran about women's rights.
Iran, which seem very fundamentalist, the fact is a very open country. It was seen from the system of government and law. In Indonesia as a democracy, said Safwan, the fact of a woman depends on her husband in a divorce case. Also in the political world, Iran is more open to women.
"In addition, they also introduce fairness in the world related to women," said Safwan on Reuters. Safwan added, the most we should learn is the power of Iran since last able to withstand the pressure of the West.
In his description, Fereshteh Ruh Afza more revealing of media issues that the longer considers objects of women was limited towing for his best-selling their programs. Tareheh Nazari tells more about the role of women in Islamic societies, especially in Iran.
Then Shayesteh Khuy that a teacher tells of women's role in the rise of Islam. According to him, the struggle of women's movement has two stages, first when the imperialist domination of Western and Eastern mid-20th century, and the second stage is the events of the Islamic revolution in Iran by Khomeini. However, continued Khuy, the women's movement was weakened because of pressure by the imperialist.


source: http://www.republika.co.id/berita/dunia-islam/islam-mancanegara/11/12/15/lw8nls-iran-berbagi-cerita-perempuan-hak-asasi-dan-dunia-islam-di-yogyakarta

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