THE JOURNAL OF WOMENS' STUDIES (JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH ON WOMEN'S STUDIES)
Year:2008 | Volume:2 | Issue:2|Papers Count:6

In light of heated debates concerning the Family Protection Bill of 1386/2007, our aim in this paper is to first shed lights on the legal and jurisprudential as well as legal backgrounds of the Bill’s provisions taking in account its positive and negative aspects. We also intend to offer alternative solutions based on the legal system of Iran and Twelver Shites jurisprudence to the controversial provisions of the Bill.

Evaluating the individual legal rights of the cloned people does not imply recognition of their rights. What is at stake is to make sure that in illegal cloning, we must prevent their inhumane treatments. Some believe that rights and responsibilities of cloned people are the same as regular people, while others claim that cloned people should not be considered as family members. Therefore, these people do not enjoy the same legal rights as the natural people that is they are not considered family members and do not enjoy inheritance rights. Our argument is that clone people have the same rights as the people who are born naturally.

After years of negligence of the world community for the approval of a binding document in favor of disabled people, the "International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Dignity and Justice for All of Us" has been finally adopted on 2006 by the United Nations General Assembly. This Convention has entered into force on May 2008. The present Convention is a combination of two movements: social movement on international human rights and the movement on the rights of people with disabilities. More than half million people are suffering from disabilities world wide, half of which are girls and women who suffer more because of variety forms of discrimination. Most of the female disabled population live in developing countries and enjoy the least facilities. Regarding this problem, the Convention pays special attention to disability from a gender perspective. According to human rights concepts, people with disabilities, specially women and girls are considered as the most vulnerable and unprotected groups. However, this document, like many others, has certain strong and weak points which are, of course, acceptable. All in all, it is essential to promote the culture of protecting disabled people as much as possible.

The improvement of the science and technology follows birth of children who species intervene in their creation and genesis. The artificial Insemination is one of the methods due to birth of these children that cause the creation of chrysalis with transfusion of sperm of husband or an anonymous third party. The position legal of these children is in question. Majority of country specify this position with approval of act. But any act is approved yet in Iran and there are dissensions among jurists that pose necessity of approval´s act. In this article, the position of these children is studied in Iran and another country.

Historically, the practice of law has been considered a man’s job and women have faced obstacles as well as cultural, social and administrative resistance to enter this circle. The result has been manifested in gender inequality not only in positions such as appointment to court justice but also to lower judicial positions. Meanwhile current developments in term of utilizing redressing justice, moderation, development of policies about reduction of criminal cases, emphasis on social justice based patterns, participation of people and popular institutions in regard to resolution of disputes has created great opportunities for more involvement of women in various legal and judicial arenas. The focus of this research is to critically evaluate the position and status of professional women in judicial system through qualitative methods, as well as utilizing indicators of surveying status, such as professional values, responsibility, as well as salary and benefits.

Considering the interconnections between women’s issues, common human desires and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of the United Nations-such as eradication of extreme poverty and hunger-this article intentds to examine how far, after nine years, the MDGs have been realized with regards to women affairs? Therefore, we have first reviewed the MDGs related to women’s issues, examined gender equality indexes and women empowerment, and then, through some case studies (Iran and Turkey cases) the article has evaluated and clarified the MDGs implementation especially with regard to women’s issues. It has also presented a general evaluation about the level to which MDGs has been reached with regard to women concerns. Finally it is pointed out that the root of all crises is the plight of girls and women’s  poverty and rejection which is a silent crisis; and that it is not only money which will lead to positive results. The most essential matter is a strong universal call for equality of right and opportunity for girls and women.