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. Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Our esteemed guests discussed the historical context of women’s movements in Iran, through Mahnaz’s powerful new memoir, The Other Side of Silence, connecting the dots to today’s unprecedented women-led (and male supported) revolutionary movement and what it means for the future of Iran and the global movement for women’s rights and human rights.
