Ignoring the role of gender components in natural disasters in Iran / Elaheh Amani

Disasters and natural calamities do not affect all members of society equally. The damages and divisions in human society, including gender and sexual inequalities, economic, social, and cultural challenges, systematically push certain parts of society to the margins, resulting in greater harm and heavier losses in these areas. Women and girls, due to the existence […]...

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Deepening Gender Gap in Education; The Tragedy of Girls’ Dropout/Elham Amani

The coronavirus pandemic has had a profound and long-lasting impact on education systems around the world, leading to the closure of many primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions globally. According to estimates by international organizations, as of September 30, 2020, over 1.077 billion students have been deprived of in-person education. The pandemic has exacerbated existing inequalities […]...

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National and racial discrimination continues with denial and belittlement / Elaheh Amani

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, an American sociologist, expressed his concern about the use of the concept of race to explain the biological superiority of white people in his works over a hundred years ago. He did not believe in categorizing humans based on skin color and saw this as a feature of cultural and […]...

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Notes on Narratives of Violence in the World and Iran / Elaheh Amani

Violence, assault, and sexual harassment are some of the most heinous forms of human rights violations that continue to occur in the 21st century world, across the globe. While the majority of victims are women and girls, sexual violence also affects men, boys, and individuals with diverse sexual identities. According to the World Health Organization, […]...

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Afghan women in Iran; trapped between Iran’s anti-women laws and the Taliban nightmare/Elaha Amani

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