Ensuing the appointment of Marzieh Afkham as the ambassador to Malaysia — the first female ambassador in post-revolutionary Iran — Voice of America interviewed Mahnaz Afkhami about the significance of this matter. Comparing Afkham with the first female ambassador in Iran’s history, Mehrangiz Dolatshahi, Mahnaz Afkhami noted that Dolatshahi had worked for years in women’s organizations,…
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VOA Extended Profile: Historical Context for The Women's Movement in Iran, and the life and work of Mahnaz Afkhami
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…
The Cyrus Cylinder Exhibit: A VOA Documentary
The VOA documentary on the occasion of the exhibition of The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: A New Beginning at the Smithsonian Institution’s Freer/Sackler Gallery of Art features Mahnaz Afkhami, along with other scholars, who weigh in on the importance of this exhibition, especially during the existing tension between Iran and the U.S. Afkhami notes that the…
Face to Face with Mahnaz Afkhami
Voice of America’s “Rou dar Rou” (Face-to-Face) features Mahnaz Afkhami who sheds light on different periods of her life in Iran and the United States, beginning from when she was a university professor who founded the Association of University Women to the time she served as Secretary General of the Women’s Organization of Iran and…
Learning Center Conducts Workshops on Empowerment of Women
VOA news interviews Mahnaz Afkhami on her work empowering women to be leaders through the Women’s Learning Partnership. In the article, Afkhami discusses the transnational nature of the partnership, the importance of horizontal leadership, and the need to provide women with a comprehensive set of skills to succeed.
The United States Stands by Women in Iran (in Persian)
This article, which focuses on Iranian women’s One Million Signature Campaign launched in 2006, quotes Mahnaz Afkhami as saying “this popular campaign at the very least educates people and prepares the ground for a public consensus, and at the very most leads to codifying egalitarian laws for women.”