Reflection of Women’s Issues in the First Legislative Term of the National Consultative Assembly (Based on Parliamentary Debates)

Abstract

Women’s issues, as one of the prominent factors in the development and progress of society, have always been the subject of attention and debate. The significance of this study lies in examining the extent to which the institution emerging from the Persian Constitutional Revolution paid attention to women’s issues despite women’s participation in that movement. Women were not allowed to attend the First National Consultative Assembly to present their views and issues; nevertheless, the representatives discussed and examined some of the most important matters concerning women, such as women’s political rights, women’s financial support for the establishment of the National Bank of Iran, women’s pensions, and the buying and selling of girls. This study aims to examine the reflection of women’s issues during the First Legislative Term in Iran based on the official debates of the National Consultative Assembly. The study seeks to answer the question of which women’s issues were raised during the First Legislative Term. Answering this question can play a significant role in revealing the overlooked aspects of the history of the Assembly and the transformations in modern Iranian history. This research investigates the performance of the National Consultative Assembly during its First Legislative Term regarding matters related to women’s issues. In this article, the focus is first on the issues raised about women in the First National Consultative Assembly. Based on the research findings, the results indicate that due to disagreements among the representatives during this period and the large volume of social and political problems, no significant steps were taken. The research method in this study is library-based, using books, newspapers, and parliamentary debates, and the analysis method will be descriptive-analytical.