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Kurdish women (Kurdish: ژنی کوردی, romanized: Jnî Kurdî) traditionally had more rights than those living in other Islamic social and political systems[1], although traditional Kurdish culture, as most of traditional societies in the Middle East, is patriarchal, and in Kurdish families and communities, it has been "natural" for men to enjoy predominant power.[2] Kurdish traditions, despite the religious pressure, have allowed women to work outside their home and alongside men, including militarily, and Kurdish histrory saw examples of women becoming military or community leaders.[1] Pro-feminist values began gaining a significant weight among politically active Kurds in the 1980s,[3] and Kurdish women's rights and equality have improved dramatically in the 21st century due to progressive movements within Kurdish society,[4][5] and Kurdish women have played an almost equal role with men in struggle for democracy and Kurdish national liberation.[1] However, despite the progress, Kurdish and international women's rights organizations still report problems related to gender inequality, forced marriages, honor killings, and in Iraqi Kurdistan, female genital mutilation (FGM).[6][7][8][9][10]
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- ^ Alizadeh, Hooshmand; Kohlbacher, Josef; Mohammed, Sara Qadir; Vaisi, Salah (2022). "The Status of Women in Kurdish Society and the Extent of Their Interactions in Public Realm". SAGE Open. 12 (2). doi:10.1177/21582440221096441.
- ^ Begikhani, Nazand (24 January 2015). "Why the Kurdish Fight for Women's Rights Is Revolutionary". Huffingtonpost. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ "COMPARING IRAN AND TURKEY IN TERMS OF WOMEN RIGHTS". www.academia.edu. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ^ Mayer, Ann Elizabeth (17 February 2010). "Law and Women in the Middle East". Cultural Survival. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ Shahidian, Hammed (2002). Women in Iran: Gender politics in the Islamic republic. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-313-31476-6.
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- ^ Charter for the Rights and Freedoms of Women in the Kurdish Regions and Diaspora. Kurdish Human Rights Project. 2004. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-900175-71-5.