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It’s one of the most challenging countries in the world in which to campaign for human rights - but the women of Iran are defying harassment, battery, imprisonment and even torture to be heard.

Since 2006, women and men inside Iran have been organising by the thousands to achieve recognition of women’s equality before the law, in a campaign known as One Million Signatures. It’s one of the most impressive grassroots campaigns for equality the world has ever known, and now they’re asking us for support:

Sign the petition to the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali 

Championing women’s equality in a country where a woman isn’t even recognised as a citizen until she is a married mother is a daunting prospect. Whereas a man can have four wives and infinite ‘temporary wives’, a woman can be stoned to death on the accusation of adultery. A woman’s testimony is worth half as much as man’s in court, yet girls can be held criminally responsible and even sentenced to death before their 10th birthday.

Yet there is a growing movement of women and men inside Iran who see things differently, and refuse to be silenced.

So today, as we mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we stand in solidarity with all Iranian women. Many have been harassed, arrested, beaten and jailed for daring to challenge the status quo. But despite the scale of the repression, they continue to use their voice at enormous personal risk to gather support.Please send the message that we will not be silent either and join their call now. 

Thank you for using your voice and Id appreciate if you could reblog it so we can get the word out. Every voice out there makes a difference.

http://www.amnesty.org.au/action/action/24220/?utm_medium=email-sf&utm_source=iranwomen1&utm_content=link1

Target: 10, 000

Current Actions: 2, 463

Lets get that number up!

Current Actions: 7644