Iranian protestors have launched a movement to end discriminatory laws against women and imagine a new path forward, argues professor Catherine Z. Sameh. This Risograph print of a Rosie the Riveter-like Iranian woman reflects this transnational call for equality. Courtesy of Ghazal Foroutan. This essay publishes alongside Zócalo/Goldhirsh Foundation's event 'How Can Women and Girls Win in Iran?' tomorrow, Tuesday, December 6 at 7PM PST. Register to attend in person or online. The feminist uprising in Iran—sparked by the beating, arrest, and death in police custody of Mahsa (also known by Jîna) Amini, a young Kurdish Iranian woman accused of 'improper hijab'—is generating previously unimagined ideas, images, and possibilities.

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