In Iran women’s rights are also very restrictive. Laws ensure the difficulty of traveling without male consent. This laws varies in degree; for example, it is necessary for a women to have male permission to receive a passport or attend her father’s funeral. On the other end of the spectrum, she is also restricted from traveling locally without allowance. Legal penalty for failure to comply includes flogging, stoning, lashing, and other severe punishments. Personal punishments and domestic violence from family members or spouses are also inflicted. For example, women who are disobedient are often penalized by acid attacks, sexual assault, and burning of their body.
In Iran women are also denied proper education and are exploited frequently. Sixty-seven percent of citizens deprived of education are women aged 11 to 16. Due to this fact, eighty-nine percent of women are unemployed. If women work, it is usually in the informal economy or black market with little or no pay.
Women do not have equality in the Yemeni court system. They are only considered half a witness and cannot testify on all cases of adultery, libel, theft, or sodomy. Their testimony is considered unreliable unless supported by a man’s testimony. In addition women are not permitted to leave their house with a male. This is evidence of the extreme devaluation of women in Yemen.