Iran Womens Issues

Iran Womens Issues General

• A Celebration of Women Writers
  Links to Iranian women writers on the web.

• Adventure Divas “Iran: Behind Closed Cha-dors”
  Follow the fascinating lives of several Persian women living in a society in the midst of transformation with this companion site to the program that explores this land of religious democracy where contradictions rule.

• Bad Jens
  Iranian feminist newsletter. Includes interviews with Iranian women and articles about women’s life in Iran.

• Dr. Homa Darabi Foundation
  To counter fundamentalist tendencies within the various religious, cultural and social beliefs which result in the oppression or unequal treatment of women and girl-child in different parts of the globe.

• IranDokht.com
  Online Iranian women’s community. Provides information on women’s health, Persian culture, ethnic concepts, maps and pictures of Middle East.

• Mehr Foundation
  Non-profit NGO creating economic independence for women.

• Womanhood-Motherhood
  Online book by Roya Monajem, discussing the role women in society.

• Women in Fundamentalism
  Excerpt from a book by Shahin Gerami featuring discussions about family and feminism with Iranian women who are in positions of power.

• Women in Iran
  Deals with issues of women living in Iran. Includes news and educational information.

• WomenIran.org: Iranian Women’s Organization
  Formed by independent Iranian women’s organisations in the Netherlands. Site provides information about the group’s activities and the situation of women in Iran.

• Zan – Woman in Farsi
  Anthology of Iranian women poets, writers and artists. Also includes a women’s news archive, event calendar, chat group and links.

Iran Women’s Issues Articles

• A Tough Place to be a Woman with a Cause
  Discusses Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian women’s rights lawyer and Iran’s first woman judge before the revolution. [Christian Science Monitor]

• Independence Day: Women Rule a Village
  Article by Parivash Berenji and Parisa Tashakori about a village in Iran where women rule one day a year.

• Iranian Women and Girls – Victims of Exploitation and Violence
  Essay by Sarvnaz Chitsaz and Soona Samsami.

• Khatami and the Status of Women in Iran
  By Donna Hughes, director of the Women’s Studies Program at the University of Rhode Island. [Z Magazine]

• Postcard From Mashad — Young Afghan-American Woman Found Iran Was
  Point of view by Fariba Najab. [Pacific News Service]
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• Tahirih – A Poetic Vision
  Introduction to a book about the Persian poetess, Tahirih, who was strangled by the relgious authorities of Iran in 1852, for proclaiming the equality for women.

• The Contending Discourses on Women in Iran
  Article by Farideh Farhi describing the various obstacles that Iranian women face in their struggle for equality.

• The Iranian Revolution Turned Against Women Who Supported It
  Article by Tayana Marshall from The McGill Daily.

• The Islamic Revolution’s Impact on the Legal and Social Status of Iranian Women
  By Kourosh Eshghipour. [New England International and Comparative Law Annual]

• Women and the Politics of Fundamentalism in Iran
  Response to Haleh Afshar’s article of the same name by Mandana Hendessi and Rouhi Shafii.

• Women and the Politics of Fundamentalism in Iran
  Article by Haleh Afshar.

• Women in Iran
  Analysis from the PBS special Vis à Vis “Beyond the Veil”.