Shahram Pahlavi-Nia’s engagement and marriage ceremony

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Though an instrumental force in legitimizing gender reforms, her philosophy on gender was not particularly introspective: “I confess that even though since childhood I had paid a price for being a woman, in terms of education and personal freedom, I had not given much thought to specific ways in which women in general were more oppressed than men.” By her own account, she was a strong supporter of the rights of women to basic life necessities such as “food, education, and health” and was not a radical reformist. She cited “chronic apathy” from many governments as the underlying issue that prevented women’s rights reforms from being implemented around the world.

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