Feminism, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and PersepolisFeminism: the defense of women's rights on the basis of political, social and economic equality with men. Feminism is both a human rights movement and an ideal that has been gaining steady momentum for centuries, as well as a major theme in Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, in which her coming of age occurs during one of the most oppressive historical moments in modern history for women. women. : the Iranian revolution. The protagonist, Marjane, experiences this oppression firsthand, through forced religion and heavy restrictions on simple things like clothing choices. Marjane, as a self-proclaimed human rights defender, protests against this oppressive and unjust lifestyle, placing emphasis on female equality, identity and independence. These ideals are similar to those of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a Nigerian writer and feminist who today spreads knowledge and awareness of feminism, including through her acclaimed TedxTalk, “We should all be feminists”. She, like Marjane, is aware of the lack of basic human rights accessible to approximately 52% of the population, simply because they are women, particularly in non-Western countries such as Nigeria and Iran (Gray, The Huffington Post, 2014). . Although documents such as the “Declaration of Human Rights” are intended to enforce equal rights for all human beings (The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948), women's rights are often compromised because the idea that women being subordinate to men is so ingrained in most cases. cultures that go unnoticed. The reaction to the neglect of women's rights, be it their safety, dress or sexual identity, is the emergence of human rights activists like Satrapi and Adichie, who promote the...... middle of paper.. .. .. as humans have been a huge part of most cultures for centuries. Whether it is late 20th century Iran, where women were forced to cover their bodies and faces for fear of abuse or exclusion, and made to feel ashamed of their sexuality, or 21st century Nigeria, where women were still blamed for their rapes and assaults, still told to silence themselves so as not to threaten a man's ego, and still told that they are subordinate to men from the moment they are born, the widespread repression of women shaped the culture as we know it. However, the work of activists like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Marjane Satrapi, books like Persepolis and documents like “The Declaration of Human Rights” are working to ensure that this culture is constantly evolving every second, every minute, every hour, every day, until the promise of universal human rights is fulfilled.