Family planning policies in Iran and their compatibility with human rights laws / Hope for health.

The National Women’s Health Document and the Erasure of the Discourse on Violence/ Pardis Parsa

Recently, the “National Women’s Health Document” was issued by the President of the Islamic Republic and the head of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, with stated goals such as promoting women’s physical, mental, social, and spiritual health. Yet rather than being the result of engagement with the lived realities of women, the document […]...

Sterilization from the perspective of international human rights standards / Shahin Sadegh Zadeh Milan

“منظوری که به آن نگاه می کنی، تغییر می کند” “The perspective you look at, changes.” Shahin Sadegh Zadeh Milan After the release of images of citizens known as “grave sleepers”, the discussion of sterilization as a solution to prevent the increase of homeless individuals or “cardboard sleepers” in the virtual space was raised. Addressing […]...