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. ForbesWomen
Women hold up signs with the image of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died while in the custody of Iranian authorities, during a demonstration denouncing her death outside the UN offices in Arbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, on September 24. ne of the most powerful women in 2022 died unaware of her impact on the world.
“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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