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According to French news agencies, on Saturday 22 November—۱ Azar in the Iranian calendar—thousands marched across France demanding action against violence towards women. In Paris alone, organisers estimated the turnout at 50,000.
Violence against women is a deep-rooted, multi-dimensional phenomenon, shaped by cultural, economic, social and political forces. In many societies, structural discrimination and long-standing gender inequality create conditions in which violent behaviour can take root.
The normalisation of violence against women is one consequence of such cultural and economic inequalities in many contemporary societies. The role of religion over the past half-century – with the rise of religious governments in Islamic countries and the medievalist tendencies of contemporary capitalism – has been particularly significant in fueling misogyny. Religious institutions and state authorities have, for centuries, functioned as mechanisms of social control over women. Across all religions, obedience, silence and the acceptance of narrowly defined roles are imposed on women, creating an environment conducive to the perpetuation of violence. When religious institutions or leaders portray gender inequality as natural or sacred, the sacrifice of women within families and society becomes normalised.
What is crucial is to understand the persistence and economic utility of misogyny in capitalist societies, and especially in those ruled by religion. Another decisive factor – especially in religiously saturated, Islam-dominated societies- is the legalisation and institutionalisation of this abuse in numerous forms. Child marriage and the application of Sharia-based laws, such as denying women the right to divorce or child custody, are two clear examples of this misogyny in Iran.
In sum, violence against women is not simply the result of individual behaviour but the product of social, economic and cultural structures that reproduce inequality. Combating this phenomenon requires a social revolution. The Woman, Life, Freedom uprising – undoubtedly the first women-led revolution- opens the way for fundamental transformations and deep reforms in law, education, religious structures and the economic order, strengthening women’s autonomy and power across every level of society.
Editor: Patty Debonitas
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