Book Review: The Prison Letters by Nasrin Sotoudeh
A book review by Nayereh Tohidi: The Prison Letters is a collection of 201 letters written mostly in secret by Nasrin Sotoudeh… In order to…
In Her Voice – English
A Conversation with Ece Temelkuran on How to Lose a Country, in 7 Steps.
“I am one of the early birds…” Ece Temelkuran told me, “I saw democracy collapse in Turkey and tried to warn the United States, European Countries and Britain about this. I’ve been telling people that what you think is normal, or a passing phase, is part of a bigger phenomenon that affects us all.”
Roosta: Will San Jose champion gender equality, or turn its back against women?
San Jose made history on Dec. 19, 2017 as the first city in Santa Clara County that unanimously approved an ordinance recognizing the UN’s Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), also known as the Women’s Bill of Rights.
Civil activist Sepideh Gholian describes torture against women in Iran’s prisons
Torture against women in Iran’s prisons – Gholian herself was arrested during workers’ protests at the Haft Tapeh sugar refinery in the province of Khuzestan. She was sentenced in absentia by an Iranian appeal court to five years imprisonment.
The Woman Whose Hair Frightens Iran
“The Wind in My Hair” exposes just how vexing it is to disentangle the veil from the context in which it is worn and thus to wage a transnational fight either for its permissibility or its elimination. Now in exile, Alinejad, a woman of exceptional courage, must face the tragedy of being territorially torn from a struggle that is uniquely Iranian and also crucially feminist.
A documentary about Feminism and Gender Equality by Sakshi Satpathy
A documentary about Feminism and Gender Equality by Sakshi Satpathy
An Interview with Taraneh Roosta on “VOW for Change” and Women’s Film Festival
An Interview with Taraneh Roosta on “VOW for Change” and Women’s Film Festival Listen here. Voices of the Middle East and North Africa · Voices of…
The Politics of UN and UN Politics
Electing Saudi Arabia, ….“is like putting China or Iran in charge of eradication of death penalty in the world. It is disheartening and absurd. But, it is not the first time that we encounter such elections/appointments.
Gendered Diplomacy, Human Rights and the Role of Women in Making the Iran Deal
The first 16 years of the 21st century have brought a host of new challenges and opportunities in relation to the presence of women at the negotiation tables & diplomatic talks.