Why has the bill to prevent violence against women been removed from the parliament’s agenda?
Zahra Nejadbahram wrote in the ‘Etemad’ newspaper that the issue of violence against women is very serious in Iran. A bill that had been exchanged between the judiciary and the government for over 10 years for the security of women was finally presented to the parliament during the twelfth government. However, no effort has been made to turn it into law, and it has not even been included in the agenda of the commissions and the presidium.
Ultimately, rejecting violence against women is a path to achieving sustainable peace, a peace that must begin with all humans, regardless of gender. This is because peace does not mean the absence of violence; peace means the absence of discrimination. Peace does not mean supreme power; rather, peace means equality among humans of every gender, race, ethnicity, and religion. Therefore, achieving peace is through the principle of human equality and the acceptance of human rights, and this cannot be realized unless in the context of rejecting violence against women.