Women Rights

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May 22, 2026

Women Rights

اتBook Introduction: Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape

Susan Brownmiller, an American writer, journalist, and feminist activist, in her most well-known book “Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape” published in 1975, makes a controversial statement: “Rape is nothing more or less than a conscious process of intimidation by which all men keep all women in a state of fear.” Brownmiller does not […]...

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Created By: Admin
July 23, 2018

Notes on Women and Economic Challenges in Iran / Elahe Amani

This is not a complete sentence, so it cannot be accurately translated. Please provide a complete sentence for translation. Goddess Amani In a sudden leap of love. Rising from hatred. The remaining remnants have been mixed together. To a fiery and volcanic mass. Jushan and mysterious have been transformed. A part of the poem by […]...

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Created By: Elahe Amani
April 20, 2018

“Shaparak Shojai Zadeh: A beautiful day will come / Zahra Bagheri is happy.”

This is a caption. Zahra Bagheri is happy. Since the beginning of 2018, a limited number of Iranian women have protested against compulsory hijab. They stand on electrical boxes on the streets, place their headscarves on a stick, and shake it. This is their way of protesting. Despite the fact that the number of these […]...

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April 20, 2018

Book Introduction: Women in the World and Iran

When we talk about women’s rights, what exactly are we talking about? This question has always been one of the main concerns of women’s rights activists in order to turn this issue into a public demand. Providing a tangible representation and drawing a realistic picture of women in societies where, despite many inequalities and injustices, […]...

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Created By: Saeed Madani
April 20, 2018

Girls of Enghelab Street and redefining methods of struggle/ Mehrak Kamali

This is a caption.Mehrak Kamali. Cash protest against the March 8 gathering in front of the Ministry of Labor. Winter of 2017 in Iran was a season of experimenting with new methods of protesting against the current state of affairs, alongside traditional methods. The street movement of the Revolution Girls and the December protests in […]...

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Created By: Mehrak Kamali
March 20, 2018

“Compulsory Hijab”, the most widespread sexual-gender discrimination / Elahe Amani

This is a caption. Goddess Amani After nearly a decade, the fire that seemed to be buried in the ashes without any movement, once again flared up. After the last gathering of women on March 8th – February 17th, 2007 – women and men once again gathered in front of the Ministry of Labor to […]...

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Created By: Elahe Amani
March 20, 2018

Allocation of budget for women; in the name of women, for whose benefit? / Fatemeh Eghtesari

There is no Farsi text provided to translate. Please provide the text to be translated. Fatima Akhtari Every year, the Organization for Management and Planning formulates the one-year financial plan of the government and submits it to the Islamic Consultative Assembly and the Guardian Council for approval. In 2018, the total public budget of the […]...

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January 24, 2018

Forough Samiee Nia: We intend to pass a law banning domestic violence under pressure from below.

“Campaign to Prevent Domestic Violence” began in Azar 1395 (November 2016) on the eve of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women by a group of women’s rights activists. This campaign aims to raise awareness in society about the issue of domestic violence against women and collects testimonies from women who have experienced […]...

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December 29, 2017

Single women and the laws of parenthood in Iran/ Zahra Bagheri Shad

Tunneling in the mountains is impossible. The laws of adoption in Iran were amended in 1392 and the changes made for the first time allowed single women to adopt a child. However, the amendments did not create similar and equal conditions for single women as for couples who want to adopt. These women can only […]...

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November 24, 2017

A report on the annual conference “Women, Peace, and Security” of the United Nations / Elaheh Amani

The role of women in the process of sustainable peace; one step forward, two steps back. On October 27, 2017, the annual meeting of the United Nations Security Council on “Women, Peace, and Security” was held under the chairmanship of the French representative at the United Nations. These negotiations took place on the eve of […]...

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Created By: Elahe Amani
November 24, 2017

Gender notes / Right to assembly / Elaheh Amani

“Freedom does not come from me or you, but it can and in fact happens from the relationship between us and among us.” Judith Butler. Freedom of assembly and peaceful gathering is one of the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This right should be respected for all citizens regardless of the location […]...

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Created By: Elahe Amani
October 29, 2017

Notes on the presence of women in the judiciary and women’s judgment/ Elaheh Amani

This is a caption. Goddess Amani The presence of women in the judiciary, especially in high positions, although has had a growing trend in recent decades, women still face numerous challenges, particularly in occupying high positions in this branch, such as in the supreme courts of various countries and even in the position of judges. […]...

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Created By: Elahe Amani
July 26, 2017