Mujer y poder en Irán contemporáneo

Abstract

Can one strictly speak of democracy if the political power does not address the problems, needs, interests and demands of at least half of the population formed by women and does not put an end to their exclusion from the different social fields? If political rhetoric recognizes the equality of men and women in theory, in practice this has not been accomplished in depth, because it demands a revolutionary investment in changing patriarchal behaviors, combating misogynistic attitudes, and educating both men and women in the convictions and practices of equality. It is interesting to consider the historical process of the Islamic Republic of Iran, where women have not only become a fundamental factor in the transformation of their own situation, but also in the establishment of the process of modernization of the socio-political life. Pioneers in the Muslim world, they present effective formulas for the feminist movements of all countries.