I think that Iranian women at universities are less conservative then Iranian women who did not got university education, but of course, many educated women are supporting conservative causes/government because by doing so they can get a good job which would make them less dependent on their family or their husband. And some, not many, but some, are truly conservative.
I would not agree that Ahmadinejad champions rights of women. Ahmadinejad wanted more votes and more support for his policies – roughly half of the Iranian voting population are women, so it is natural that he tried to make some small changes in return for votes and support.
As for soccer – Soccer is no. 1 game in Iran, all Iranians, men and women, watch soccer matches and women many times protested against not being allowed to be a spectators during soccer matches. Ahmadinejad himself was a soccer player so I assume that he has different view on that then mullahs of Iran.
@mohammed
No it does not. 8th majlis have 8 women on 290 representatives. You are also forgetting that no woman could be a leader of IRI, as the leader, presently Khamenei, should be a cleric as well as be a direct descendant of Muhammad family.
I will not discuss Gaza or West Bank because with the introduction of hudud punishments into Gaza legislature women situations will not be that much different from the situation under original Taliban in Afghanistan.
As for Pakistan or Bangladesh – Pakistani women situations are different from place to place and although in cities women situation are not that bad in countryside women situation is – hmm – talibanized. Which is no surprise, taliban sprang up in Pakistan.
As for Bangladesh – situation there is worsening with every day..
Oh, and stop telling us that the governments of KSA or Kuwait are in power only because of evil americans. Where are the protesting people of KSA, Qatar or emirates? If the people of KSA decide to change the government they would change it US or no US. At the moment they might dislike many things but they are rich compared to others and they do not want to change it.
Majority of loud protesters sit on their behind in Londonistan, France, USA or Qatar and complain from the distance.
@Delia & Co.,
Iranian women do not wear burka. The Afghani women and Pakistani women wear burka.
Women in Iran are one of the best educated in the ME, and there are more women in the universities then men
