Article 021 [Women's Rights]

The government must ensure the rights of women in all respects, in conformity with Islamic criteria, and accomplish the following goals: 1) create a favorable environment for the growth of woman's personality and the restoration of her rights, both the material and intellectual; 2) the protection of mothers, particularly during pregnancy and child-rearing, and the protection of children without guardians; 3) establishing competent courts to protect and preserve the family; 4) the provision of special insurance for widows, aged women, and women without support; 5) the awarding of guardianship of children to worthy mothers, in order to protect the interests of the children, in the absence of a legal guardian.