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Article 21: The government must secure the rights of women in all respects, according to the Islamic criteria. The government must do the following: 1. create an apt environment for the growth of woman’s personality and restore her material and spiritual rights; 2. protect the mothers, especially during the child-bearing and child-rearing periods, and protect children without guardians; 3. create competent courts to protect the integrity and subsistence of the family; 10 4. establish a special insurance for widows, elderly women, and women who are without guardians; 5. bestow the custody of children to qualified mothers, whenever in the interests of the children, and in the absence of a legal guardian.