Status and legal rights of women in Iran’s politics

Women s political rights is included in the issues debated among Islamic jurists and experts so that thedebate is less sensitive regarding the issues such as the individual, economic and social rights of womanand those for and against the entrance of women in politics have tried to explain their viewpoints byreferring to verses, traditions and customs. Constitution has considered the participation of the public indetermining the political, economic, social and cultural (Principle III, paragraph 8) fate as the basiccondition by stating the equality of the citizens irrespective of racial, ethnic and gender differences(Principles 19 and 20) and the equality of all before the law (Principle III, paragraph 14). The right todetermine the fate is considered as one of the cornerstones of democracy and it is been emphasized inmany principles of the constitution. Principle 56 of the constitution, while acknowledging thesovereignty of God, has made the man sovereign over his own destiny. In the meantime, women areplaced among those determining the political destiny and the rulers of the country. There is no conditionin the existing election laws for the deprivation of women of selecting. Women and men have the samerights regarding being elected and appointed to political positions except for exceptional cases(leadership and presidency). Women’s rights in determining the political and social destiny are reservedvia participating in the election or the in the form of political parties based on the Islamic view of thecritical presence of women in the different fields of the society.

کلیدواژه ها:

Politics ، Governance ، Women s Rights ، Civil And Political Rights ، Islamic Republic of Iran