The VOA documentary on the occasion of the exhibition of The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: A New Beginning at the Smithsonian Institution’s Freer/Sackler Gallery of Art features Mahnaz Afkhami, along with other scholars, who weigh in on the importance of this exhibition, especially during the existing tension between Iran and the U.S. Afkhami notes that the…
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At the UN, Twenty Years of Backlash to ‘Women’s Rights Are Human Rights’
Since the seminal Cairo Conference in 1994, anti-feminist actors have pushed back against progress made in women’s rights on the global stage. In The Nation, Mahnaz Afkhami provides insights into the rise of fundamentalist, conservative, and populist movements that are fueling this backlash, and illuminates the role of American wars in the Middle East in…
Are Women Leaders Less Corrupt, No But They Shake Things Up
In an article on women’s participation in politics, Mahnaz Afkhami discusses her experience as Minister for Women’s Affairs in Iran. “‘There is a direct relationship between the level of democracy and the presentation of women in leadership and the quality of governance,’ said Afkhami.”
The Word on Women: MENA region tops agenda at AWID global women's rights forum
The 12th International Forum of the Association for Women’s Rights in Development took place in Istanbul in October, 2012, where Mahnaz Afkhami spoke on conservative religion, political regimes, and women’s rights in the MENA region.
The Word on Women-Cultural Barriers to Women as Peace Builders
At a conference entitled “Breaking Barriers: What will it take to achieve security, justice, and peace,” Manhaz Afkhami highlighted the threat of fundamentalism to human rights, peace, and women’s rights. “The characteristics of fundamentalism – fear of rapid change, modernity, an individual’s place in society, science, evolution, and all of the ramifications of those new…
Victories Over Violence: Ensuring Safety for Women and Girls
[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”] Victories Over Violence: Ensuring Safety for Women and Girls A Practitioner’s Manual 2012/Women’s Learning Partnership Mahnaz Afkhami & Haleh Vaziri Published in English, Persian, French, and Spanish; available online at www.learningpartnership.org/vov Violence against women and girls is both a global and local societal ill– global…
Iran Before Islam: Challenging Stereotypes Through Art
Mahnaz Afkhami was invited to a panel of Iranian-American leaders to discuss a gallery of pre-Islamic ancient-Iranian objects at the Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries.
Fighting for Women's Rights: An Interview with Mahnaz Afkhami
In an interview with Dutch human rights NGO, Arseh Sevom (Third Sphere), Mahnaz Afkhami discusses her work in pre-revolution Iran, women fighting for change in the2009 Iranian Green Movement, and her fight for gender equality in exile.