ADVOCACY Join the Global Action to End Gender Apartheid in Iran and Afghanistan Today Women and girls who live under the regimes of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Taliban in Afghanistan live in an extreme, systematic and structural war against them. This was designed to dehumanize and repress for purposes of entrenching power. Yet, […]
ADVOCACY
Join the Global Action to End Gender Apartheid in Iran and Afghanistan Today
Women and girls who live under the regimes of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Taliban in Afghanistan live in an extreme, systematic and structural war against them. This was designed to dehumanize and repress for purposes of entrenching power. Yet, they courageously maintain the fight against being treated as second‑class citizens under the law; laws which dictate their bodily autonomy, economic and educational access and other basic rights and dignity.
THIS TREATMENT HAS A NAME:
GENDER APARTHEID.
This war on women must end now.
HOW
Apartheid standards in international law, developed primarily in the 20th century, were designed to address racial apartheid. The definition of apartheid under international law should be interpreted to include gender hierarchies, not just racial hierarchies. This campaign will seek to expand the set of moral, political and legal tools available to mobilize international action against and ultimately end systems of gender apartheid.
SIGN
OPEN LETTER FROM IRANIAN AND AFGHAN WOMEN, INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS AND GLOBAL WOMEN LEADERS URGING COUNTRIES TO RECOGNIZE THE CRIME OF GENDER APARTHEID
https://lnkd.in/dkpfPQR8
