This article is an account of the women’s movement in pre-revolutionary Iran. The focus is on the activities of the Women’s Organization of Iran (WOI) and its interactions with the government, the court, the clergy, and other conservative forces during the two decades preceding the Islamic revolution. Much of the article, particularly where the story…
Tag: World Conference on Women
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…
A Vision of Gender in Culture
My task is to talk about a vision of gender in culture to an assembly that wishes to integrate culture in its policies to achieve sustainable development. The reason why the World Bank is interested in this proposition, I assume, is two-pronged: On one hand, you cannot have long-term sustainable development if half the population…
Rethinking Women's Human Rights in the Middle East
I am privileged to speak here today, not only because it is an honor to be on the same forum with such distinguished colleagues, but also because of the issue that is the subject of the discussion. This, as I understand, is the first time that women’s human rights have been the subject of plenary…
UN Report on International Women's Conference
The UN Report on the first international UN Conference on Women that took place in Mexico City 19 June – 2 July, 1975. This report was published by the United Nations in 1976.
Delegates at the UN Conference in Mexico City, 1975
Over 1,000 delegates attended the First UN Conference on Women in Mexico in 1975.
Afkhami at Special Preparatory Committee for the First UN Conference on Women, 1975
Mahnaz Afkhami at the special preparatory committee for the first UN Conference on Women in Mexico, 1975
First UN Conference on Women- Mexico, 1975
Delegates at the first International Women’s Conference in Mexico City, 1975 (pc. Columbia University).