Women, Islam and Education in Iran

Goli M. Rezai-Rashti is Professor of Education and Women’s Studies at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Golnar Mehran is Professor of Education at Al-Zahra University, Iran. Shirin Abdmolaei is a Ph.D. student in Education at the University of Western Ontario, Canada

Foreword



Nelly P. Stromquist



1. Introduction



Goli M. Rezai-Rashti



2. Female Education in the Islamic Republic of Iran:



Understanding the Paradox of Tradition and Modernity



Golnar Mehran & Fariba Adli



3. The Voices of Female Students in Iranian Universities:



The Unintended Consequences of University Education



Goli M. Rezai-Rashti & Somayeh Fereidouni



4. Gender Representations in Iranian School Textbooks



Saeed Paivandi



5. Protecting Men and the State:



Gender Segregation in Iranian Universities



Nazanin Shahrokni



6. If not for the Revolution: How Higher Education Became an



"Islamic Right" for Religious Iranian Women



Alex Shams



7. Shi’ite Women’s Seminaries in Iran: Possibilities and Limitations



Keiko Sakurai



8. The Education of Iranian Women: A Historical Investigation of



Education and Unveiling (Kashf e Hijab)



Faegheh Shirazi