If you love sports as I do, imagine your excitement to see one of your favorite teams make the playoffs or compete in a major tournament.
Now imagine how you’d feel if you and all your female friends were barred from the stadium?
This is the sad reality for women in Iran, who for the past decade have fought for the simple right to go to stadiums to watch popular sports like volleyball and football. The Iranian government has banned women and girls from watching men’s volleyball tournaments—and has even arrested women trying to enter stadiums. Of course, this is just a symptom of a host of serious rights violations against women in Iran, from discrimination in personal status laws like marriage, divorce, and child custody to unlawfully detaining human rights defenders who peacefully advocate for women’s rights. Details