Shirin Ebadi - Iranian female lawyer and human rights activist, the first Iranian and Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. 🌟
Do you remember the news from a while ago: a young Iranian woman was taken by the religious police for not wearing her headscarf properly, and three days later, she died... The official statement was that she had a heart attack, but her family and the public believe she was beaten to death. This incident sparked almost nationwide protests in Iran, which have been ongoing for nearly six months now and are only growing stronger. Over these months, many Iranian women have removed their headscarves and even burned them in protest. It’s not because they don’t want to or dislike wearing headscarves, but because the choice to wear one should be their own, not forced upon them.
The Islamic Revolution of 1979 took away the freedom of Iranian women...
Shirin Ebadi, who became the first female judge at the age of 28, is a direct victim of this revolution. She was stripped of her right to serve as a judge due to her gender. She then became a human rights lawyer, advocating for persecuted political prisoners and voicing the rights of vulnerable children and women. Shirin Ebadi's work earned her the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, and she used the prize money to establish the "Center for Defenders of Human Rights." In addition to being a lawyer, Ebadi is also an author. In her books, she discusses the relationship between Islam and human rights, and she actively promotes and encourages modernization and progress in Islamic countries, having a profound impact on the global human rights movement.

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