Time: 5:00 pm Location: Bioethics Library at Georgetown University, Washington D.C. Description: Mahnaz Afhkami will present introductory remarks at the launch of WLP’s newest publication, Feminist Advocacy, Family Law and Violence against Women: International Perspectives. On November 1, 2018, in conjunction with the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security (GIWPS), leading women’s rights advocates…
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Women’s Learning Partnership’s Project on Family Law Reform to Challenge Gender-Based Violence
An international network of 20 autonomous nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) based primarily in transitioning and fragile states, Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace (WLP) is dedicated to enhancing universal human rights and gender equality, strengthening civil society, and empowering women to be active citizens and actors of change in their societies. Our mission is…
Feminist Advocacy, Family Law, and Violence against Women
[tm_pb_section admin_label=”section”][tm_pb_row admin_label=”row”][tm_pb_column type=”4_4″][tm_pb_accordion admin_label=”Accordion” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [tm_pb_accordion_item title=”Overview”] Feminist Advocacy, Family Law and Violence Against Women: International Perspectives/ 2019/ Routledge Edited by Mahnaz Afkhami, Yakin Ertürk, and Ann Mayer. Order on Amazon Download PDF version Around the world, discriminatory legislation often referred to as family law prevents women from accessing their human rights. This book demonstrates how…
16th Annual Iranian American Women Foundation (IAWF) Conference 2018
Time: 8:30-5:30pm Location: Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, Los Angeles, CA 90071 Description: Mahnaz Afkahmi will be honored with the Shirzan Award for life-long leadership and community involvement at this year’s Iranian American Women Foundation (IAWF) Conference. The IAWF is a non-profit organization providing networking, leadership, and mentorship services to women of Iranian descent across…
The Commission on the Status of Women 62 (CSW62)
Location: United Nations, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017 Description: Every year, the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women meets at the UN Headquarters in New York, joined by government and civil society representatives from around the world. The priority theme of CSW62 is the challenges and opportunities in achieving gender…
BBC: The History Hour: Women's Rights in Iran
Max Pearson’s The History Hour on the BBC World Service featured Mahnaz Afkhami on 17 Feb 2018. Afkhami was asked about her role as Iran’s first ever minister on Women’s Affairs: “It was a very interesting experience. There were 20 men and I was the only woman and I was very young….When I had meetings,…
Rutgers Global Feminist Journeys Conference
Location: Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Description: The Rutgers Global Feminist Journeys Conference is a small international strategic consultation that will take place at the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) at Rutgers University. CWGL is holding this conversation as part of a project tentatively titled Global Feminist Journeys: Stories of a Generation of Women’s…
Iran's New Crackdown on Women
In July, 2017, the Daily Beast covered the uptick in violence against prominent women’s rights activists in Iran. “Mahnaz Afkhami, who served as minister of state for women’s affairs under the pre-revolutionary government of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and now runs the Women’s Learning Project in Bethesda, Maryland, says that in recent months, the Iranian…