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…
Tag: Women’s Organization of Iran
A National Plan of Action, 1978
A National Plan of Action for the Improvement of Women’s Status in Iran, by the Women’s Organization of Iran in September, 1978.
Mahnaz Afkhami with Iranian Minister of Health at WOI
Mahnaz Afkhami with Iranian Minister of Health at WOI
Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveyda at the WOI Conference
Deputy Minister of Labor Kokab Moarefi, Minister of Interior Jamshid Amoozegar (became Prime Minister in 1977), Mahnaz Afkhami (center front), and Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveyda at the Women’s Organization of Iran conference.
Mahnaz with Karim Agha Khan, 1976
Mahnaz Afkhami dining with Prince Karim Agha Khan in Pakistan (1976)
WOI Women's Year Programmes, 1975
The Women’s Organization of Iran (WOI)’s Program for the United Nations’ International Women’s Year, 1975. WOI-Womens-Year-Programmes
Members of the WOI Board
The weekly meeting of the board of the WOI. (Right to Left) Chair of the Board Iran Alam, Deputy Minister of Labor Kokab Moarefi, Educator Shamsi Hekmat, and Under Secretary of Mines and Industry Homa Roohi
Mahnaz Afkhami's WOI First Press Conference
Mahnaz Afkhami’s first press conference for the Women’s Organization of Iran (WOI).