Drawing on the complexities and nuances in women's education in relation to the aftermath of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, this edited collection examines implications of religious-based policies on gender relations as well as the unanticipated outcomes of increasing participation of women in education.

Goli M. Rezai-Rashti is Professor of Education and Women's Studies at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Golnar Mehran is Professor of Education at Al-Zahra University, Iran.

Shirin Abdmolaei is a Ph.D. student in Education at the University of Western Ontario, Canada

Foreword

Nelly P. Stromquist

1. Introduction

Goli M. Rezai-Rashti

2. Female Education in the Islamic Republic of Iran:

Understanding the Paradox of Tradition and Modernity

Golnar Mehran & Fariba Adli

3. The Voices of Female Students in Iranian Universities:

The Unintended Consequences of University Education

Goli M. Rezai-Rashti & Somayeh Fereidouni

4. Gender Representations in Iranian School Textbooks

Saeed Paivandi

5. Protecting Men and the State:

Gender Segregation in Iranian Universities

Nazanin Shahrokni

6. If not for the Revolution: How Higher Education Became an

"Islamic Right" for Religious Iranian Women

Alex Shams

7. Shi'ite Women's Seminaries in Iran: Possibilities and Limitations

Keiko Sakurai

8. The Education of Iranian Women: A Historical Investigation of

Education and Unveiling (Kashf e Hijab)

Faegheh Shirazi