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The Women, Life, Freedom movement is a protest slogan that affirms that the rights of women are at the center of life and liberty. It is best known in English-language media for its use within the context of Iran and Mahsa Amini protests. [12] The originate of this slogan comes from Kurdish women right movements. [13][14][15]
In Germany, TV hosts Joko Winterscheidt and Klaas Heufer-Umlauf gave their Instagram accounts, which had about 2 million followers between them, to Azam Jangravi and Sarah Ramani, two Iranian women's rights activists, in order to raise awareness of the protests. By the next day, both accounts had gained hundreds of thousands of new followers.
Civil unrest and protests against the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran associated with the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini (Persian: مهسا امینی) began on 16 September 2022 and carried on into 2023, but were said to have "dwindled" [ 15 ] or "died down" [ 16 ] by spring of 2023. As of September 2023, the "ruling elite ...
Thousands of people gathered outside Los Angeles City Hall on Saturday, calling for regime change in Iran and rallying in solidarity with the country's female-led protest movement. Protesters ...
A woman named Shohleh, who left Iran 44 years ago, wrapped the flag around her shoulders as she marched toward City Hall. She said she felt compelled to attend the protests to support the struggle ...
The protests, which demand regime change in Iran, broke out near Amini’s hometown of Saqqez immediately after her death. Today, demonstrations continue in more than 170 cities in all 31 ...
Iran must end its violence against women for exercising their fundamental rights." [150] Olaf Scholz, Chancellor of Germany, called Amini's death in police custody "terrible", and expressed his sadness at the deaths of "the brave women" at the protests. He added that women should be able to make their own decisions, and not live in fear. [151]
The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi for “her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom ...