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If passed, police would prioritize received complaints of gender-based violence, protect the identity of women who file them, and allow women to file restraining orders against those threatening them.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EBut \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/12\/04\/iran-adopt-draft-law-protect-women\u0022\u003Eserious gaps remain\u003C\/a\u003E. Consensual, extramarital relationships in Iran remain a criminal offense, which can make it difficult for women to report violence and allow the authorities to punish those who do. The bill also does not define or criminalize marital rape. Further, one provision will \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/12\/04\/iran-adopt-draft-law-protect-women\u0022\u003Emake\u003C\/a\u003E it unlawful to invite women to mixed gender parties or other places of \u201ccorruption or prostitution,\u201d which could result in charges carrying up to 10 years in prison.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2020, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/12\/04\/iran-adopt-draft-law-protect-women\u0022\u003Eamid\u003C\/a\u003E a string of gruesome femicides, dozens of Iranian women on social media bravely shared their experiences of sexual harassment and assault, igniting a #\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/09\/09\/iran-having-its-metoo-moment\u0022\u003EMeToo movement\u003C\/a\u003E. Their stories underscore the urgent and ever-present need to pass a strong law.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWomen\u2019s rights activists in Iran have long campaigned for comprehensive legislation against gender-based violence. Many have faced \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/09\/09\/iran-having-its-metoo-moment\u0022\u003Epersecution\u003C\/a\u003E, and the government\u2019s \u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/blog-feed\/iranian-society-under-crackdown\u0022\u003Erepression\u003C\/a\u003E of civil society has made it difficult to for them to push for reforms.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ELaws that provide for \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/world-report\/2021\/country-chapters\/iran#edeb0b\u0022\u003Emale guardian control\u003C\/a\u003E over women and girls\u2019 freedom of movement, as well as control over decisions related to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/blog-feed\/iranian-society-under-crackdown#blog-377942\u0022\u003Emarriage and discrimination in relation to divorce\u003C\/a\u003E, put them at added risk of domestic violence.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EToo many women and girls have been denied control over their own lives, beaten and even killed by those close to them. Parliament should strengthen the draft law by removing discriminatory provisions, adding others to better protect all women and girls from violence, and then swiftly pass it. \u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EInternational Women\u2019s Day would also be a fitting time to release all women\u2019s rights defenders unjustly sentenced for their peaceful activism related to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/world-report\/2021\/country-chapters\/iran#edeb0b\u0022\u003Ediscrimination\u003C\/a\u003E against women, including \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2019\/03\/12\/iran-decades-long-sentence-womens-rights-defender\u0022\u003ENasrin Sotoudeh\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/blog-feed\/iranian-society-under-crackdown#blog-377942\u0022\u003ENajmeh Vahedi\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/blog-feed\/iranian-society-under-crackdown#blog-377942\u0022\u003EHoda Amid\u003C\/a\u003E, \u00a0Yasaman Ariayi, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/world-report\/2021\/country-chapters\/iran#edeb0b\u0022\u003Emany others\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null},{"command":"insert","method":"prepend","selector":".js-view-dom-id-blog_live_feed__blog_body_block__378134__en","data":"","settings":null}]