Image of Liberty holding Phrygian cap as a symbol of liberty in one hand and new laws in the other
Air France will be resuming flights to Tehran later this month after an eight year ban. The airline ordered female flight attendants to wear headscarves while in Tehran but the women say they would rather refuse to be part of those flights. Iranian women have been required to wear headscarves since 1979.
Air France stewardesses mutiny over order to wear headscarves
Female members of flight crews have been ordered to cover their hair once they disembark in Tehran and unions are demanding that the flights be made voluntary for women.
French women see Islamic headscarves and veils as an affront to their dignity. Headscarves are banned in French state schools and offices, and it is illegal to wear the full-face Muslim veil in public.
Hats off to them.
Also see: the Phrygian cap is sometimes called a liberty cap
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Bravo!