Profs & Pints DC: The Women’s Uprisings in Iran

The streets of Iran are filled with chants of “Women! Life! Freedom!” as that nation experiences something many assumed would never happen there: An uprising against its political leadership led by women and girls.

Sparked by the September 16th killing of a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Jina Amini, while in the custody of Iran’s “morality police” for failing to comply with Islamic dress codes, the movement has at its heart an insistence that there is no such thing as political freedom without bodily autonomy. It has spread throughout Iran—prompting a government crackdown that has killed hundreds—and given rise to new visions for political futures both in Iran and globally.

Come gain a firm understanding of these uprisings and what they mean for Iran and the rest of the world with the help of Narges Bajoghli, an award-winning political anthropologist, writer, and professor whose past research on Iran has given her unprecedented…