Seeds of Change: Did Iran’s White Revolution Deliver on its Promise to Women? (opens in new tab)

Mid-century modernization reforms across many developing countries were ambitious in trying to rapidly transform their economies through advancing educational and labour participation. In Iran, such reform was implemented in 1963 under the monarch Mohammadreza Pahlavi, Iran’s last Shah. The reform, known as the ‘White Revolution’, had a complex and significant impact on the living standards of Iranian women. Negar Abbaspourmani's research examines the gendered outcomes of Iran’s most notable ...