
Maryam Irandoost: Fighting for women’s football in Iran
Maryam Irandoost has vision and a strong will. The coach of Iran’s women’s national team continues to work tirelessly in the battle for equal rights for women footballers in her …
Read MoreMaryam Irandoost has vision and a strong will. The coach of Iran’s women’s national team continues to work tirelessly in the battle for equal rights for women footballers in her …
Read MoreSource: RadioFarda The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has “demolished” a network of all-female “western-style” parties in Hamadan (the ancient city of Ecbatana), western Iran. Without mentioning when …
Read MoreSource: Amnesty International UK At least six cases since April, including one where state broadcaster forcibly filmed detained mother and daughter Tactics come in response to popular ‘White Wednesdays’ …
Read MoreIslamic headscarf: Iran’s promotional video divides opinion Source: BBCNews As part of Hijab week in Iran, a video endorsed by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps promoting the Islamic headscarf has created …
Read MoreSource: Amnesty International Imagine that you are a woman leading a relatively normal life. You take the metro or bus to work or university. You socialize with friends. You may …
Read MoreWomen and children are properties of men. The value of a woman’s life is one half of the life of a man. The testimony of two …
Read MoreSource: Vice News YouTube For women in Iran, walking in public with their hair uncovered can be an act of protest. The women who don’t comply with the country’s 1979 …
Read MoreBy Saleh Humeid Source: Al Arabiya The Qarchak women’s prison located in a desert, east of Tehran, is known as the most dangerous and worst prison in Iran due to …
Read MoreBy Kaveh Taheri Source: HuffPost There is a large disparity when comparing women’s rights in Iran and in the West: Iranian women are still denied their basic fundamental rights. …
Read MoreBy Kellan Howell Source: The Washington Times Sunday, June 28, 2015 As the U.S. and its world partners race to reach a nuclear deal with Iran, women and children in the …
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