The presence of women in the
struggle against the Islamic regime of Iran over the last 36 years has been
palpable. During the past year, the
fight against the veil, the push back against the “morality” police harassing
women in the streets, widespread demonstrations against acid-attacks and an
active presence at universities and in industrial actions by teachers and
nurses have been at the forefront of the struggle against the Islamic regime of
Iran.
Women’s role in protests and
the struggle against misogyny and Islamism in Iran, the Middle East and North
Africa is now the standard-bearer of any progressive liberation struggle. The
Islamic regime of Iran - along with ISIS, the Saudi regime and various shades
of Islamism - builds its power structure by denying women’s right to dress,
body, movement, choice, sexuality and employment.
In Europe and North America,
women’s right activists from Iran and the region are the voices of this immense
movement for women’s rights and equality and closely linked with the demand for
secularism and the separation of religion from public institutions and the
state.
It is an imperative for
people everywhere to unashamedly defend women’s rights against Islamists and
the apologists of this reactionary movement.
The Worker-communist Party of
Iran marks 8 March, International Women’s Day, in the context of this real,
widespread movement via various actions.
We call on people everywhere
to support the women’s liberation movement in Iran for freedom, equality and a
better world.
Worker-communist Party of Iran – Organisation Abroad
8 March 2015
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