# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shaparak-shajarizadeh
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:22:27.076Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shaparak-shajarizadeh"
name: "Shaparak Shajarizadeh"
slug: "shaparak-shajarizadeh"
description: "Shaparak Shajarizadeh is an Iranian women's rights activist and a former political prisoner. She is also a member of women's committee of Iran Transition Council. Shajarizadeh is well known for her efforts in empowering Women's rights in Iran and activism against Iran's contemporary compulsory hijab law. She possess anti-headscarf sentiments and also pioneered online campaigns such as \"Girls of Revolution Street\" and \"White Wednesdays\" as a part of the protests against compulsory hijab in an effort to encourage both men and women in Iran to post images in the social media platforms of themselves without wearing headscarves. She was arrested and imprisoned twice for defying Iran's laws about compulsory hijab laws."
tagline: "Publicly removed her headscarf to oppose the compulsory hijab rule for women in Iran. Nominated One of 100 influential women in 2018 by BBC . Geneva Summit 2020 international women’s rights award ."
gender: "female"
category:
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  slug: "activists"
profileType:
  name: "Activist"
  slug: "activist"
birthDate: "1973"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.728813559322034
  historical:           7.675414666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 233
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    title: "شاپرک شجری‌زاده"
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    title: "Shaparak Shajarizadeh"
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    title: "ᱥᱟᱯᱟᱨᱚᱠ ᱥᱟᱡᱟᱨᱤᱡᱟᱫᱮᱦ"
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    title: "شاپارک شجری زادہ"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump