The brave women of Iran - and the UK’s silence

[Youg]

The women of Iran are fighting for their rights, they are risking their lives to fight back. The Iranian government is preventing them sharing this with the world but we know these things are happening and we should definitely be talking about it.

BBC Video of Protests

Bump.
the U.K. government don’t want us to be inspired to do something similar so they? Also nobody care about women or the Middle East. We take from them, we don’t give them sympathy.

breaks my heart.

Agree with you, that these women are being incredibly brave. Don't know how to get the message back to them, that people outside of Iran are aware and supportive of their stance though?
UK Government statement? Rally in London? Letters to the Iranian government? Amnesty International campaign?

Wee, really?

I didn't know I was repressed?

What is the rest of the world saying about it?

I don’t understand, how is the UK being silent? It’s all over the UK news including the article you shared!

Unimaginable bravery. I’m absolutely in awe. Biden only made a statement yesterday, didn’t he? Or maybe earlier and I only saw it yesterday

There was a protest in London last Saturday.

The U.K. is being very silent in comparison! For example, how many people on mumsnet are talking about it? When this is supposed to be feminism HQ. It should be filling our social medias that women are being murdered for refusing to cover their hair in oppression. Our PM hasn’t even made a statement.
French celebrities are cutting their hair in support, An MP from Sweden made a televised statement and cut her hair. What are we doing? We all sat back and forget About the girls that still can’t go to school because of the taliban coming into power in Afghanistan and the oppression globally of women is continuing to be swept under the carpet - maybe because they’re not white. A war in Ukraine, there was outcry and homes opened, yet here we are silent in comparison. I think we must all write to our MP’s calling for action and British support of women in Iran, we must talk about it on social media and we need to keep talking until people start listening.

I think it would be incredible if regime change happened in Iran. I was watching a YouTube article about it and the journalist was saying that the younger generations are much less tolerant of the regime than the rest of the population. They are more worldly and eager for change. I really hope they achieve everything they want. I'm in awe of the women and girls who are standing up to the authorities who are awful old religious fanatics who oppress the population.

www.mumsnet.com/talk/feminism/4640946-solidarity-with-the-brave-women-of-iran

Thread here

The lack of response and interest on that thread and this is disappointing and proves my point earlier. There should be uproar, and discussion. If women getting murdered for refusing to be modest isn’t a huge feminist (and human) issue then what is?

I agree! I think as younger generations have access to more information globally they realise that they should have a choice and they should have more rights and they are the catalyst for change. They are so brave to fight this.

Ruby red, yes really. But if you’re not oppressed, what steps can you take to help those that are?

I came here to talk about this as I've just heard about it. I cannot believe there is so little discussion. This was the only thread that came up when I searched 'iran', and there doesn't seem to be much in the news.

Such brave, fantastic women.

This has been reported and discussed in detail for days/weeks across all the BBC radio stations I listen to daily. The Swedish MP you refer to is Iraqi born.

The women (and men) are incredibly brave.

" People on MN should talk about what I think is important! "

So do you not think it’s worth talking about?

OP - a more salient question is what can we do aside from talk? Talk is cheap and easy, but actions speak louder than words. What have YOU done? Can you point us to any relevant petitions, demonstrations, etc?

Yes it is harrowing, it is the only way they'll see change.

I have seen it on the news and online though I think people are helpless and even fatigued with the madness power hungry world we're living in.

Though I agree if Europe shouted loudly the authorities may listen earlier before more brave lives are lost.

There are already international sanctions against Iran, which have been in place for years:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctions_against_Iran#EU_sanctions_against_Iran

It's difficult to increase pressure on Iran when they're already pretty much a pariah state.

It's been announced today that the UK is putting sanctions on the Iranian morality police and some named individuals, for any good that will do:

www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/10/iran-morality-police-uk-sanctions-mahsa-amini-protests

I think these women and girls are incredibly courageous. I think there'd be more debate if we thought there was actually anything productive that we could do or say to help.

The truth is, I'm tired. There's so much shit in the world. I have compassion fatigue. I can't extend to another thing to worry about. I have to protect my own small corner of happiness by not letting anything in that will colour it grey.

I think that's probably going on for a lot of people right now.

Beth Rigsby from Sky has done an excellent podcast interviewing Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

Let's be honest the U.K. government aren't exactly a progressive government themselves when it comes to women's rights! The women in Iran are so brave and inspiring!

Rigby..