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Women and Nation-Building in Iran by Savitha Ganesh is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document analyzes how two contradictory authoritarian regimes in Iran - the Phalavi dynasty and the current Islamic regime - have used women and policies around them to shape national identity and enforce their differing political ideologies. Under the Western-aligned Shahs, women were pushed into the public sphere through banning of the hijab and legislation promoting secularism. However, the 1979 Islamic revolution reversed this, imposing strict gender segregation, mandatory veiling, and moving women
- Author
- Savitha Ganesh
- Language
- EN