Women's Organization of Iran

“In our approach to the unequal status of women in Iran and the ways we developed our strategies, we went from evidential experience to theory–we did not start with a theoretical assumption and try to fit reality to it. Our only presupposition was that the status of women in our country was unequal and that the condition of women, especially poor women, was brutal. We sat with groups of women around Iran, listened to their stories and asked them about their hopes for their daughters, about what frustrated and saddened them and what would change their lives for the better.” –Women and Girls Rising: Progress and Resistance Around the World