While the news of Mahsa Amini's death in police custody in September 2022 sparked protests across Iran, it is not the first time Iranian women and girls have been at the forefront of revolution.
The significant gains for women's rights under the dictator Reza Shah Pahlavi all but disappeared in the 1979 Islamic revolution. But some of the powerful ways women are protesting now have their roots in Iran's rich history.
We explore how these cultural and historical contexts inform Iranian women's leading role in the current protests
The Eiffel Tower in France has lit up with messages of support for protesting women in Iran.
The slogan "Femme, Vie, Liberte" was seen on the landmark in Paris, which translates to "Women, Life, Freedom".
Mass protests have been continuing since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini four months ago.
Khabar Lahariya or Waves of News is an all-women newsroom in northern India.
Its co-founder, Kavita Bundelkhandi, learned to write when she was 12. Many of her staff are from marginalised backgrounds and include survivors of domestic abuse and violence.
Her team has faced discrimination and death threats, but have gone on to produce award-winning stories about illegal mining, jungle bandits and the daily lives of rural communities.
Female education - or the lack of it - has been seen as one of the biggest obstacles to the Taliban being officially recognised as Afghanistan's new government.
The Taliban have told secondary schools to open only for boys, but say their restrictions on girls studying are "temporary" in order to ensure learning environments are "safe" for them.
International agencies say it's difficult to build up an accurate picture of the situation around the country, but the BBC's World Affairs Editor, John Simpson, met young students and their teacher in the ancient city of Bamiyan to find out what's happening to girls' education there.
Being a woman, working as a lawyer, is a tough job in India. The judiciary skews heavily male. And courts and systems aren't built to accommodate women. It's even prompted India's top judge to issue a call to women lawyers to demand, that they be given half of all jobs in India's judiciary.
More than 220 female Afghan judges are in hiding due to fear of retribution under Taliban rule. Most have passed judgement in cases involving violence against women. The men they sent to prison in the past are now threatening to kill them.
As the Taliban seized control of more and more regions of Afghanistan, many women and girls began to fear for their future. The country's new rulers no longer allow boys and girls to attend schools together.
Like Donald Trump the Taliban just can't handle any form of criticism. So to combat those rabble-rousers they issued an edict which bans all protests and slogans spoken during these protests to those only they approve of. One can understand how their fragile man egos will be destroyed after being criticized by women.
The poor lambs need protection.
The Taliban has moved to tighten its crackdown on escalating protests against its rule, banning any demonstrations that do not have official approval for both the gathering itself and for any slogans that might be used.
In the first decree issued by the hardline Islamist group’s new interior ministry, which is led by Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is wanted by the United States on terrorism charges, the Taliban warned opponents that they must secure permission before any protests or face “severe legal consequences’”.
With the Taliban back in power, 101 East investigates the fight for justice for Afghanistan’s women.
