Women in Iran must be free to choose what to think, what to say, what to do, and, of course, how to relate, or not to relate, to God In the past, human security was defined mainly in terms of state security. A half-century of international dialogue on rights, development, and peace, however, has led…
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Information and Communication Technologies for Women’s Empowerment and Social Change
The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) revolution that the world has witnessed in the past decades has been potent and widespread. Today, we are living in an information age where technologies have drastically reduced the size of the globe by practically overcoming barriers of distance and time. We connect, communicate, and collaborate at speeds and…
Harnessing Technology to Advance Women’s Human Rights
The 21st century is ushering in rapid and unprecedented technology that offers women a range of new opportunities to shape the world in which we live. But these opportunities will enhance our lives only if we are prepared to take advantage of them. We are now in the midst of a communications revolution that is…
Women's Learning Partnership Founding Board Members
The founding board of Women’s Learning Partnership: Afaf Mahfouz, Mahnaz Afkhami, Jacqueline Pitanguy, Zenebeworke Tadesse, Hafsat Abiola and Marian Wright Edelman.
At the Crossroads of Tradition & Modernity: Personal Reflection
I have spent most of my adult life defending and promoting women’s human rights. I came to this field through English literature, largely innocent of theories of feminism. By the time I encountered these theories formally in the 1970s as secretary general of the Women’s Organization of Iran (WOI), I had already experienced their essence…
Women's Learning Partnership Conference on Cultural Boundaries and Cyber Spaces
Women’s Learning Partnership Conference on Cultural Boundaries and Cyber Spaces with Zahira Kamal, Mahnaz Afkhami, Asma Khader, and Thoraya Obaid.
Women's Learning Partnership's Founding Conference
Mahnaz Afkhami speaks to a participant at the founding conference for Women’s Learning Partnership at the New School, New York City.