Islamic Republic's Civil Code and Women's Rights in Iran

While Iran was in the process of bringing about equal rights for women and men and making an effort to legislate laws to protect women, the change in the governing system in 1979 barred any progress by approving laws to oppress women, including the law of mandatory hejab. As a result of the Islamification of the ruling system, new legislation affected the judiciary in such a manner that after three decades of an Islamic Republic there have been increasing objections and new social movements spearheaded by women. It is in this context that we may examine such laws and their effects on the society, as well as the increasing levels of violence against women and girls.