Iranian Women Rise Up & Push Through Gender Block

In Iran, women have made remarkable strides in education in the last decades — 65 percent of college undergraduates are female and 70 percent of graduate students are enrolled in medicine. Yet legally, women cannot travel freely without the permission of a male relative and face formidable obstacles when divorcing their husbands. We explore the tensions between the expectations of many highly educated young Iranian women and the realities of their lives.

video credit: world focus @ worldfocus.org

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[josuraya]

sounds like propoganda to me...

[RiceandBeef]

4:40 ALL Lies

[wow1371]

what a bullshit!

in time of shah women got the right to vote, to study, to live like a human!

fuck mullas!

go fuck your self

[Abensaba]

مرگ برحکومت ملایان  و وطن فروشان و ولایت فقبه دزد و ادمکش ان و مزدورانشان !!!!

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اگر اسلام این است و چنین آیین و بندارش بر این اسلام و این ایین و این بندار شاشیدم!!!!