| Iranian Women are leading a revolution – marching in the streets of my country, shoulder to shoulder with men, dancing, chanting, removing and waiving their headscarves to protest the death of 22-year old Jina Mahsa Amini after the ruthless so-called morality police beat her.
In the face of guns and bullets, these fearless young women and girls are becoming the biggest threat to Iran's gender apartheid regime.
They've had enough.
Enough of being oppressed and criminalised.
Enough of living with humiliation.
Enough of being silenced and killed.
They just want to take back their dignity and their freedom. For them, compulsory hijab is much more than a scarf. It is the most visible symbol of oppression -- like the Berlin Wall – and they are determined to tear it down.
We cannot let their struggle be in vain. We cannot be discouraged by the tepid words and inaction of world leaders.
Let's offer them a global megaphone so their voices are louder than the tyrants.
Let's all speak up, and call for an end to the crackdown. Let's speak up until compulsory hijab laws are abolished, and the rights of Iranian women and girls are granted. |
Years ago Iran's radical religious dictatorship forced me to flee my home for speaking out against gender apartheid.
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