One of Mahnaz’s major preoccupations has been to help women from her own country and elsewhere in the developing world to seek and find refuge when necessary, to build new lives, and form sustainable women’s organizations to help themselves and others. Her support has enabled many activists to create or expand women’s human rights organizations…
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A National Plan of Action, 1978
A National Plan of Action for the Improvement of Women’s Status in Iran, by the Women’s Organization of Iran in September, 1978.
Video: New Years Eve dinner
The First Family’s visit to Iran at the end of 1977 was unexpected and highly anticipated. The government of Iran planned an elaborate state dinner for the Carters, with speeches by both the Shah and Jimmy Carter. At the time of the Carters’ visit at the end of 1977, an alliance between Iran and the…
US President Jimmy Carter's Letter to Mahnaz Afkhami
A letter from President Jimmy Carter to Minister for Women’s Affairs Mahnaz Afkhami thanking her for her hospitality during the Carters’ visit to Tehran, January 1, 1978,
First Lady Rosalynn Carter and Mahnaz Afkhami
Mahnaz Afkhami with the First Lady of the United States, Rosalynn Carter, at the Carpet Museum in Tehran, 1977.
Mahnaz Afkhami in the Daily Diary of US President Carter, 1977
Daily Diary of President Carter Mahnaz Afkhami is mentioned in the Daily Diary of US President Carter (see Page 3). This material has been downloaded from the Carter Archives.
Prime Minister Jamshid Amouzegar's Cabinet, 1977
Mahnaz (second row from the bottom on the left) was the only woman in the cabinet of Prime Minister Jamshid Amouzegar.
US President Carter and King Hussein, 1977
(right to left) King Hussein of Jordan, HH Princess Ashraf, President Jimmy Carter, and First Lady Rosalynn Carter on New Year’s Eve, 1977, at the Niavaran Palace in Iran.