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Women Of The Week: Spain’s Only Yes Means Yes Campaigners, Iranian Women And Delhi’s Women Bus Drivers
From Spain to Iran to India, here are some of the inspiring women you should know about this week.
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From Spain to Iran to India, here are some of the inspiring women you should know about this week.
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Women in Iran were officially allowed to attend a domestic soccer match for the first time in more than 40 years, according to state media.
Activism
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian charity worker, who was imprisoned for six years in Iran for “allegedly plotting to topple the Iranian regime” has been released and returned home to the UK.
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Mona Heydari, a 17-year-old girl, has been allegedly beheaded by her husband in Iran’s Khuzestan province for “dishonoring” her family.
LGBTQ,
Ali “Alireza” Fazeli Monfared, a 20-year-old gay Iranian man, was allegedly killed by his family after they found out he was gay, on Saturday May 4.
Women
Iran’s only female Olympic medalist Kimia Alizadeh, who defected from Iran, will under white flag for the Tokyo Olympics.
Women
Sahar Tabar, a 19-year-old Iranian Instagram influencer famous for her heavily distorted selfies that resembled a zombie-like Angelina Jolie, has reportedly been freed from prison after she was given a 10 year sentence earlier this month.
Activism
Ruhollah Zam, an Iranian activist and journalist, has been executed after he was accused of inciting mass anti-government protests that rocked Iran between 2017 and 2018.
Activism
Nasrin Sotoudeh, one of Iran’s most prominent human rights lawyers, has been temporarily released, according to the judiciary’s news agency.
Impact
The law making child abuse illegal comes after Romina Ashrafi, a 14-year-old girl was allegedly beheaded by her father with a farming sickle.