Women's Rights In Iran

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 13 February 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Iran's first ever minister for Women's Affairs was appointed in 1975. Mahnaz Afkhami was the first person in the Muslim world to hold that position. While she was Minister of Women's Affairs, Iran's legislation granted women equal rights regarding divorce, raised the minimum age of marriage to 18 and supported women's employment with maternity leave and childcare provisions. Farhana Haider has been speaking to her about being the only woman in the pre-revolutionary Iranian cabinet.

Photo: Mahnaz Afkhami at the UN in 1975. Credit: Mahnaz Afkhami

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0:00.0	Choosing what to watch night after night the flicking through the endless
0:06.8	searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the
0:11.8	telly we share what we've been watching
0:14.0	Cladie Aide.
0:16.0	Load to games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.
0:19.0	Lovely. Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.
0:21.0	And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less
0:24.9	searching and a lot more watching listen on BBC sounds. Choosing what to
0:32.1	watch night after night the flicking through the endless
0:36.5	searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the
0:41.5	telly we share what we've been watching.
0:43.7	Cladie Aide!
0:45.7	Loads of games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.
0:48.2	Lovely.
0:49.0	Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.
0:51.2	And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less
0:54.7	searching and a lot more watching listen on BBC sounds hello and thank you for
1:00.6	downloading this edition of the witness podcast History is told by the people who are there.
1:05.4	I'm Frahana Hither and today I'm taking you back to Iran in 1975.
1:10.7	And the appointment of the country's first ever minister for women's affairs.
1:20.0	Manas Afgami was the first person in the Muslim world to hold such a post.
1:25.0	It was a very cold snowy day.
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