The half hour video produced by VOA provides the historical context for the women’s movement in Iran, focusing on the life and work of Mahnaz Afkhami. The biopic covers her ten-year tenure as the Secretary General of the Women’s Organization of Iran and her three years in the Iranian cabinet as the first Minister of…
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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.
‘I Was Iran’s Last Woman Minister’
In an interview with the BBC World Service, Mahnaz Afkhami discusses her role as Minister of Women’s Affairs in Iran, Farrokhroo Parsa, and the future of women in Iran. “I have no doubt that women are going to win…history is moving in a different direction,” says Afkhami.
Women Inspiring Women
Mahnaz Afkhami is interviewed by Forbes, where she speaks about women’s rights in Iran and across the Islamic world. The interview covers myriad topics including Iran’s One Million Signatures Campaign, the push to reform family laws, and activism in Iran. “It is impossible to impose an archaic form of government on an aware and connected…
Fate of Iran’s Family Protection Law (in Persian)
In an interview conducted by the Feminist School’s Nooshin Ahmadi-Khorasani, Mahnaz Afkhami delineates Iran’s Family Protection Law – passed in 1967 and amended in 1975. She states that the law drew extensive disagreements from different groups, ranging from traditional clerics to leftists, at the time. Afkhami, however, adds that Iran’s former regime was proud of…
VOA Roundtable: Discriminatory Laws against Women in Iran (in Persian)
Following a violent crackdown of women’s peaceful protests in Tehran, VOA Persian aired a program on discriminatory laws against women under the Islamic Republic regime, including a Q and A with callers from all over the world with Mahnaz Afkhami as its guest. Afkhami pointed out that Iranian women had never faced such violence or…
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…