Protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Jina Amini in police custody in Iran over "improper dress" continue almost one month on. Described as a feminist movement, the recent uprisings span borders and intersections; its echoes reverberating across transnational feminist struggles for bodily autonomy and freedom. In this light, this roundtable aims to address how the success of this movement differs from past iterations in the modern history of Iranian women’s rights activism and what this means for the future of women’s rights activism in Iran and in the region?

This event has been organised by Jelke Boesten and Ahou Koutchesfahani.

About the speakers

• Prof Vivienne Jabri, Professor of International Politics, King's College London 
• Dr Negar Elodie Behzadi, Lecturer, University of Bristol
• Zeynab Peyghambarzadeh, PhD researcher, University of Huddersfield
• Asma Abdi, PhD researcher, University of Warwick