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Table of Contents:
Acknowledgement ................................................................................................................................ 3
Executive Summary and Recommendations .................................................................................... 4
Key Recommendations........................................................................................................................ 7
Religions Institutions ........................................................................................................................... 7
The Public Sphere ................................................................................................................................ 8
The Family, Culture and Traditions................................................................................................... 9
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 10
Research Methodology ...................................................................................................................... 11
Limitations ........................................................................................................................................... 12
Field Activities..................................................................................................................................... 13
Key Findings ....................................................................................................................................... 15
Women and the Religious Institutions ............................................................................................ 15
The Moderate Mullahs ....................................................................................................................... 17
Women in the Public Sphere ............................................................................................................ 19
Women and the Market ..................................................................................................................... 19
Women and Harassment ................................................................................................................... 21
Women and Family Institutions ....................................................................................................... 23
Women, Culture and Traditions....................................................................................................... 24
Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................... 25
About AHRDO: ................................................................................................................................. 27