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Kamran Nayeri - The slogan “Women, Life, Liberty” offers the political maturity of the current movement compared to the 1979 revolution. Not only it places the oppression of women in Iran front and center, but it also provides a framework to think about the kind of society we need to build after overcoming the current regime. 

Before the revolution, solely 12 p.c of ladies had been employed and solely 19.2 percent of the work drive in 1953 were women. Prostitution was encouraged by the old, neocolonial Cuban government. Not only did many ladies fight in the revolution, but many took leadership roles in it. Women such as Vilma Espín, Tete Puebla, Celia Sánchez, Melba Hernández and Haydée Santamaría were among the many leaders and heroes of the revolution who fought in the guerilla motion with Fidel Castro and oth...