COMPULSORY VEIL IN IRAN: A SOCIAL JUSTICE PROBLEM
COMPULSORY VEIL IN IRAN: A SOCIAL JUSTICE PROBLEM
Author(s): Nasim BasiriSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Anthropology, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Geography, Regional studies, Historical Geography, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Local History / Microhistory, Political history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Theology and Religion, Islam studies, Developing nations, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Ediktura Beladi
Keywords: Compulsory Hijab; violence; Iran; women; Islamic Revolution;
Summary/Abstract: This paper looks into different aspects of compulsory veil in post-revolutionary Iran and discusses this discriminatory and exclusionary law as a social justice problem. The paper also demonstrates and brings into the light a number of consequences related to implementation of compulsory hijab in Iranian society that has led to gender-based violence targeting women.
Journal: Revista Universitară de Sociologie
- Issue Year: XIV/2018
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 50-58
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English