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Women and Equality in Iran: Law, Society and Activism by Leila Alikarami (Paperback, 2021)

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Leila Alikarami holds a PhD from SOAS. by Leila Alikarami. Author Leila Alikarami. Subtitle Law, Society and Activism. Table of Contents. NZ Release Date 2021-08-26. UK Release Date 2021-08-26. AU Release Date 2021-08-25.

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Iran's continued retention of discriminatory laws stands in stark contrast to the advances Iranian women have made in other spheres since the Revolution in 1979. Leila Alikarami here aims to determine the extent to which the actions of women's rights activists have led to a significant change in their legal status. She argues that while Iranian women have not yet obtained legal equality, the gender bias of the Iranian legal system has been successfully challenged and has lost its legitimacy. More pertinently, the social context has become more prepared to accommodate legal rights for women. Highlighting the key challenges that proponents of gender equality face in the Muslim context, Alikarami attempts to ascertain the causes of Iran's failure to ratify the CEDAW and questions whether and to what extent interpretations of Islamic principles prevent Iran from doing so. Applying feminist legal theory to contemporary Iran, Alikarami's approach re-evaluates the underlying principles that have shaped the struggle for equal rights between the sexes.