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Something extraordinary is happening in #Iran:

#Women are really really not giving a fuck anymore

What started as protests over the murder of #MahsaAmini by religious morality #police in 2022 for not wearing her headscarf simmered and now is snowballing. Women and girls are not wearing the mandatory #hijab at ever increasing rates

apnews.com/article/iran-hijab-…

#WomensRights #religion


#Women earn about 20% less than men for work of equal value, and retire with an average of 25% less than men.

They hold only 27% of parliamentary seats and 30% of management roles.

In 61 out of 131 countries, women have legal restrictions that prevent them from doing the same jobs as men.

Globally, nearly 1 in 5 young women (19%) aged 20–24 were married or in a union before turning 18.

Over 230 million girls and women globally have undergone genital mutilation

#WomensRights

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