<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1a537213-0b4a-4cb2-aba4-7ac6ea555dd6/6BAF39B0-D0A2-4FED-A8B3-13E5FC1D398B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=11221" href="http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=11221" style="font-size: 11px;">www.amnesty.org.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=11221"><H1></H1><DIV class="s2"><DIV id="m-19260"><DIV class="s"><P align="left"><IMG width="490" height="106" border="1" src="http://www.amnesty.org.uk/image_library/22/25/26090.jpg" alt="Women demonstrating for equal rights in Daneshjoo Park, Tehran, on International Women's Day, 8 March 2006. © Arash Ashoorinia, www.kosoof.com" title="Women demonstrating for equal rights in Daneshjoo Park, Tehran, on International Women's Day, 8 March 2006. © Arash Ashoorinia, www.kosoof.com" /></p> <P align="left">Women in Iran are discriminated against by law. Evidence given by a woman in court is considered only worth half that given by a man. A girl under the age of 13 can be forced to marry a much older man if her father permits it. They do not have equal rights with men in:</p> <UL> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <DIV>marriage</DIV></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <DIV>divorce</DIV></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <DIV>child custody </DIV></LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <DIV>inheritance</DIV></LI></UL></DIV></DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=11221"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1tiO6l4J_A8&hl=en&fs=1&" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=11221"><P>Launched in 2006, the Campaign for Equality aims to collect one million signatures of Iranian nationals to a petition demanding an end to legal discrimination against women.</p> <P>The government has persistently harassed the group and made several arrests of those who have taken part in peaceful demonstrations or gathered signatures. <STRONG>Act now to stop the persecution</STRONG>: </p> <UL> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A target="_blank" href="http://www.amnesty.org.uk/../actions_details.asp?ActionID=537">Send an appeal to the Iranian authorities</A> </LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A target="_blank" href="http://www.protectthehuman.com/petition_actions/a-million-signatures-equality-for-women-in-iran">Sign our petition to express solidarity with the 1 million signatures campaign</A> </LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A target="_blank" href="http://www.amnesty.org.uk/../uploads/documents/doc_18938.jpg">Download a copy of the petition</A> and help us collect signatures (please return it to the <A href="http://www.amnesty.org.uk/../content.asp?CategoryID=342#general">Stop Violence Against Women campaign</A>)</LI></UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=11221"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A target="_blank" href="http://www.amnesty.org.uk/../uploads/documents/doc_18417.pdf">Download the report</A> (PDF)</LI></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6BAF39B0-D0A2-4FED-A8B3-13E5FC1D398B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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