Feminist Advocacy, Family Law, and Violence against Women

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…

Women, State, and Society in Iran, 1963-1978

Women, State, and Society in Iran, 1963-1978

[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”]   Interview with Mahnaz Afkhami, secretary general of Women’s Organization of Iran (WOI), 1970-1978, and Iran’s minister of women’s affairs, 1975-1978. 2003 / Foundation for Iranian Studies / Bethesda, MD Gholam Reza Afkhami, ed. Iranian women gained significant rights and became considerably more active and…

Toward A Compassionate Society

Toward A Compassionate Society

[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”] 2002 / Women’s Learning Partnership / Bethesda, MD Edited; Authors: Elise Boulding, Charlotte Bunch, Mahbub ul Haq, Uma Narayan, Arati Rao, Aruna Rao, Arvind Sharma Introduction Towards a Compassionate Society is an anthology focusing on women’s roles in conflict resolution, peace building, and democracy in…

Muslim Women and the Politics of Participation

Muslim Women and the Politics of Participation

[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”] Muslim Women and the Politics of Participation 1997 / Syracure University Press / Syracuse, NY Co-edited with Erika Friedl Order on Amazon At the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, the international community accepted women’s rights as human rights, and with it charge to work…

Faith and Freedom

Faith and Freedom

[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”]   Faith and Freedom: Women’s Human Rights in the Muslim World 1995 / Syracuse University Press and I.B. Tauris / Editor Order on Amazon Over half a billion women live in the Muslim world. Despite the rich complexity of their social, cultural, and ethnic differences,…

Women in Exile

Women in Exile

[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”]   Women in Exile / 1994 / The University Press of Virginia / Editor Order on Amazon Attempting to come to terms with her own life in exile, Afkhami, who was forced out of Iran because of her work for women’s rights, sought out and…

Women and the Law in Iran (1967-1978) (In Persian)

Women and the Law in Iran (1967-1978) (In Persian)

[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”] Women and the Law in Iran / 1994 / Women’s Center of the Foundation for Iranian Studies / Bethesda, MD A compilation with introduction; In Persian Women and the Law in Iran (1967-1978) contains seven treaties and legal texts that were published by the Women’s…

In the Eye of the Storm: Women in Post-Revolutionary Iran

In the Eye of the Storm: Women in Post-Revolutionary Iran

[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”]   Women in Postrevolutionary Iran 1994 / Syracuse University Press and I.B. Tauris / Co-edited with Erika Friedl Order on Amazon. As soon as the Islamic Republic was firmly established in Iran, the government began to rewrite laws relating to women’s behavior. attempts were made…