Foreign Policy Association Book Talk: Mahnaz Afkhami and The Other Side of Silence

Date: April 6 2023 Time: 6:00PM EST Location:  Foreign Policy Association PricewaterhouseCoopers 300 Madison Avenue New York, NY Description: The FPA is delighted to be joined by Ms. Mahnaz Afkahmi, Founder and President of the Women’s Learning Partnership and Executive Director of the Foundation for Iranian Studies. Her new book “The Other Side of Silence:…

PAAIA Hosts Nowruz Reception on Capitol Hill in Honor of the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement

Date: March 28 2023 Time: 6:00PM EST Location: Rayburn House Office Building 45 Independence Ave SW Washington, DC 20515 Description: On March 28th, 2023, the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) hosted its annual Nowruz reception on Capitol Hill with over 90 members of Congress, congressional staffers, and special guests in attendance.  Among them…

Raise High for Social Justice - GW Supporting the Women of Iran

Date: March 22 2023 Time: 5:00PM EST Location:  George Washington University Jack Morton Auditorium 805 21st Street Northwest  Washington, DC 20052 Description: Join the GW Iranian Student Association, the Clara Bliss Hinds Women in Medicine and Science Society, & the Global Women’s Institute for “Raise High for Social Justice- GW Supporting the Women of Iran.”…

Women’s Learning Partnership at CSW67 - Rights and Resistance: Strengthening Movement for Freedom and Equality in Iran and Afghanistan

Date: March 10 2023 Time: 4:30PM EST Location:  United Nations Church Center 2nd Floor New York NY 10017 Description: The calls for women’s human rights in Iran and Afghanistan require coordinated action by the international community. WLP will bring together Iranian and Afghan women leaders to share ways to assist movements for women’s rights inside…

Wilson Center's Haleh Esfandiari Forum: Leading for Change: Women in Iran and the Journey to Freedom

Date: February 16 2023 Time: 10:00AM EST Location: Online Description: The Wilson Center’s Middle East Program hosted leading women’s rights advocate and former Minister for Women’s Affairs of Iran Mahnaz Afkhami at the 2023 Haleh Esfandiari Forum. Afkhami launched her journey in activism more than four decades ago. Prior to the 1979 Iranian Revolution, she…

Iran and the Women’s Movement with Mahnaz Afkhami and Samira Mohyeddin

Date: January 22 2023 Time: 2:00PM EST Location: Online Description: @BanyenBooksSoundVancouver hosts Mahnaz Afkhami, leading women’s rights advocate who served in the pre-1978 Cabinet of Iran, in conversation with CBC radio host Samira Mohyeddin in conversation on exile, protests, Iran, and the women’s movement. In The Other Side of Silence, Mahnaz Afkhami shares her unexpected…

Conversation on the Women-Led Uprising in Iran with Mahnaz Afkhami & Goli Ameri

Date: December 6 2022 Time: 5:00 PM EST Location: Online Description: On December 6th, 2022, PAAIA hosted an enlightening conversation on the women-led uprising in Iran featuring Mahnaz Afkhami, Founder and President of Women’s Learning Partnership & former Minister of Women’s Affairs in Iran, and Goli Ameri, Co-Founder and CEO of Startitup & former U.S.…

Breakfast with Iranian Women Leaders at Georgetown University

Date: December 5 2022 Time: 9:00AM EST Location:  Georgetown University President’s Room, 3rd Floor of Healy Hall Georgetown University  3700 O Street NW Washington, DC 20057 Description: This conversation will explore Iranian women’s leading role in the ongoing, nation-wide protests. We will discuss how today’s resistance builds on a long history of advocacy by Iranian…