“Ramali in the Digital Era: Violation of Women’s Rights and Reproduction of Vulnerability / Ali Barnaie”

In the chaos of virtual platforms and social networks in Iran, digital fortune tellers and diviners with thousands of followers make colorful promises of changing fate to desperate, vulnerable individuals, essentially launching a “dream-selling business”. Women, especially in marginalized and low-income communities, are the main targets of these promises. In fact, fortune telling and divination, […]...

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The narrative of women about the tragic situation of Shapour Detention Center / Nafiseh Sharafeddini.

“It was around 5 in the morning. I had severe period pain and since they had detained me in front of my house, I didn’t have any money to buy sanitary pads. I called out “Sir” in a low voice to open the door. He opened the door and I told him I didn’t have […]...

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