Fact and Fiction:Fact and Fiction:Women’s Rights in the Middle EastWomen’s Rights in the Middle East

Christyn CrisostomoChristyn Crisostomo

Mahina HandleyMahina Handley

Jennifer TunoaJennifer Tunoa

May 14, 2010May 14, 2010

Our GoalsOur Goals

• To compare and contrast the developments To compare and contrast the developments and drawbacks of women’s rights in and drawbacks of women’s rights in Afghanistan, Iran, and TurkeyAfghanistan, Iran, and Turkey

• Develop UnderstandingDevelop Understanding

• Educate to Spread AwarenessEducate to Spread Awareness

• Start a MovementStart a Movement

AfghanistanAfghanistan

• Taliban (1996-2001)Taliban (1996-2001)• Laws for WomenLaws for Women

• FashionFashiono BurkaBurkao Freedom & Safety IssueFreedom & Safety Issue

More ProblemsMore Problems• Marriage & ViolenceMarriage & Violence

o Forced MarriagesForced Marriages

o 1 in 3 experience 1 in 3 experience physical, psychological, physical, psychological, or sexual violenceor sexual violence

• EducationEducationo Over 70% of girls don’t Over 70% of girls don’t

have access to have access to educationeducation

o 87% Illiterate 87% Illiterate

Iran’s Iran’s ImprovementImprovement

• Law against chadors Law against chadors February 1, 1936. February 1, 1936.

• No longer required to wear No longer required to wear full body coveringsfull body coverings

• Moving in positive Moving in positive direction for rights. direction for rights.

• Current law: women only Current law: women only need to wear headscarf, or need to wear headscarf, or Hijab, in publicHijab, in public

Moving Forward Through FashionMoving Forward Through FashionMoving Forward Through FashionMoving Forward Through Fashion

Iran’s issuesIran’s issues

• Types of marital abuseTypes of marital abuse Marital rape, beating, Marital rape, beating,

biting, bondage, biting, bondage, starvation, stoning, and starvation, stoning, and imprisonment at home. imprisonment at home.

• Husband’s permission Husband’s permission needed to workneeded to work

• Testimony trials are Testimony trials are only worth half of a only worth half of a man’s. man’s.

TurkeyTurkeyo No Religious GovernmentNo Religious Government

No Islamic barriers on paperNo Islamic barriers on paper Western Modernization influenced cultureWestern Modernization influenced culture

o Women’s Rights in Politics & SocietyWomen’s Rights in Politics & Society 1993: Tansu Ciller =11993: Tansu Ciller =1stst female prime minister female prime minister Not required to ask husbands’ permission to work or Not required to ask husbands’ permission to work or

travel travel Equal pay for equal work Equal pay for equal work

A Major A Major DrawbackDrawback

• Dishonor your familyDishonor your family

• By either:By either:• Wearing tight clothesWearing tight clothes• Being seen with a guy Being seen with a guy

that’s not your that’s not your husbandhusband

• Pre-marital sexPre-marital sex• Being RapedBeing Raped• Any action deemed Any action deemed

“dishonorable”“dishonorable”

Honor Killing:Honor Killing:-an ancient tradition still an ancient tradition still sometimes observedsometimes observed

-a male member of the a male member of the family kills a female relative family kills a female relative for tarnishing the family for tarnishing the family imageimage

Honor Killing:Honor Killing:-an ancient tradition still an ancient tradition still sometimes observedsometimes observed

-a male member of the a male member of the family kills a female relative family kills a female relative for tarnishing the family for tarnishing the family imageimage

What’s Being DoneWhat’s Being Done

Women’s OrganizationsWomen’s Organizations

• Revolutionary Association of the Women in Revolutionary Association of the Women in Afghanistan (RAWA)Afghanistan (RAWA)

• Women’s Organization of Iran (WOI)Women’s Organization of Iran (WOI)

• International Women of Istanbul (IWI)International Women of Istanbul (IWI)

What Can We What Can We Do?Do?

Educate/InformEducate/Inform

Start GroupsStart Groups

Donate Money & TimeDonate Money & Time

Ask local broadcasting stations Ask local broadcasting stations and print media to keep us and print media to keep us

informedinformed

Educate/InformEducate/Inform

Start GroupsStart Groups

Donate Money & TimeDonate Money & Time

Ask local broadcasting stations Ask local broadcasting stations and print media to keep us and print media to keep us

informedinformed

Picture linksPicture links

• http://riverdaughter.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/women_in_middle_east1.jpg

• http://www.themuslimwoman.org/entry/palestinian-women-suffering-the-most-in-a-lawless-society/

• http://www.hyscience.com/equalwomen.jpg

• http://www.wfafi.org/hands.jpg

• http://www.theworldly.org/images/Images/2008/July08/IranWomen3.jpghttp://www.theworldly.org/images/Images/2008/July08/IranWomen3.jpg

• http://blog.lib.umn.edu/pran0024/architecture/violence.jpg

• http://www.dhushara.com/book/sakina/stoningetc/burning1.jpg

• http://gdb.rferl.org/C6F5DA9A-0137-48DB-A7B6-6A09FABDD13B_mw800_mh600.jpg

• http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/data/upimages/shendand_airstrike_woman.jpg

• http://www.welt.de/multimedia/archive/1184768106000/00319/cv_Ciller_DW_Berlin_319244g.jpg

• http://nicedeb.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/stoning_iran_honor_killing.gif

• Http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LAM2S3vqiU0/SnfTg9Wz2PI/AAAAAAAABAg/Qc7w7bFbY64/s320/Forced.JPG

More Picture linksMore Picture links

• http://www.photographytips.com.au/images/afghan-women-no-sex-no-food-photos1.jpg

• http://www.themuslimwoman.org/page/38/http://www.themuslimwoman.org/page/38/

• http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/349.$plit/C_71_article_1122376_image_list_image_list_item_0_image.jpg

• http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00157/IN8778281Burqa-clad_157587s.jpg

• http://blogs.abcnews.com/photos/uncategorized/afghan_women_burqa_nr.jpg

• http://www.dullesnow.org/Afghanistan_Women_Mazar-i-Sharif_020702.jpg

• http://www.rawa.org/beating.htm

• http://images.forbes.com/media/2008/03/04/women_1.jpg

• http://sfcmac.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/taliban_murder_two_women-afghanistan2.jpg

• http://www.themuslimwoman.org/entry/tehran-fashion-week-2006/

• http://icons.iconseeker.com/png/fullsize/rounded-world-flags/iran-flag-1.png

• http://www.iconspedia.com/uploads/2129750164.pnghttp://www.iconspedia.com/uploads/2129750164.png

Still More Picture linksStill More Picture links

• http://www.iconspedia.com/uploads/2085265933.pnghttp://www.iconspedia.com/uploads/2085265933.png

• http://infidelsarecool.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/a-burqa-clad-afghan-woman-001.jpghttp://infidelsarecool.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/a-burqa-clad-afghan-woman-001.jpg

• http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/76/0acomturkeyf4a.jpghttp://img697.imageshack.us/img697/76/0acomturkeyf4a.jpg

• http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/02/05/1225827/129512-honour-killing.jpghttp://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/02/05/1225827/129512-honour-killing.jpg

• http://www.rawa.org/kab-jan05/burning2.jpghttp://www.rawa.org/kab-jan05/burning2.jpg

• http://dancull.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/rawa.jpghttp://dancull.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/rawa.jpg

• http://www.fis-iran.org/enhttp://www.fis-iran.org/en

• http://www.iwi-tr.org/http://www.iwi-tr.org/