Jina ‘Mahsa’ Amini is No. 100 on the 2022 Forbes list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women as a representative of the women who’ve defied Iran’s theocratic regime by insisting on their fundamental rights as human beings. Their courage and resolve has sent inspiration rippling around the world.
Women hold up signs depicting the image of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died while in the custody of Iranian authorities, during a demonstration denouncing her death by Iraqi and Iranian Kurds outside the UN offices in Arbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, on September 24, 2022. - Angry demonstrators have taken to the streets of major cities across Iran, including the capital Tehran, for eight straight nights since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
“Mahsa Amini is now a global symbol for freedom, not just in Iran,” says Nina Ansary, a historian and women’s rights activist. Other moments have brought calls for change. A 2006 campaign sought to gather one million signatures to change Iran’s discriminatory laws, and for the last eight years, journalist and activist Masih Alinejad has posted videos of smaller groups of women engaging in acts of civil disobedience such as walking in the street without hijabs.
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