Women and Equal Citizenship
Discussion of women’s rights, equal legal standing, participation in public life, dignity, safety and opportunity. This area examines the reforms needed for full and equal citizenship.
Iranian women voting, 1963.
Iranian women are shown exercising the vote in 1963. Whatever one's assessment of the politics of that period, the documentary fact is powerful: women were visibly participating in public citizenship. The image is used here to keep equal citizenship concrete - not as an abstract promise, but as a right that must be exercised and protected.
Public domain in Iran (Article 16 — 30+ years since publication, per Wikimedia Commons). · Image source & licence