Women in Iranian Kurdistan: Patriarchy and the Quest for Empowerment
基于对伊朗萨南达季市库尔德女性的调查，研究她们对法律地位和社会地位的看法，发现家庭和社会中的不公、压迫与男性控制，同时教育提升使她们渴望并参与集体行动争取权利。
Informed by sociological standpoint, intersectional, and gender regime theories, we examine perceptions of a diverse sample of Iranian Kurdish women in the city of Sanandaj about their legal status and social positions. We find perceptions of injustice, oppression, male control, and lack of opportunity associated with both the family and broader society. Kurdish women are socially located in structures and institutions of both private and public patriarchy. At the same time, their growing educational attainment and knowledge of possibilities for change enable them not only to articulate grievances but also to aspire to, and sometimes engage in, collective action for women’s rights. By focusing on an under-studied region, this article contributes to the wider literature on Kurdish women, underscores the continued salience of intersectional and standpoint approaches, and expands gender regime theorizing beyond Western cases.