In awarding the prize to Mohammadi, the Nobel Committee said it “recognizes the hundreds of thousands of people who in the preceding year have demonstrated against the theocratic regimes’ policies of discrimination and oppression targeting women.”
Voices of Women for Change Letter of Request to the German Embassy re: Nahid Taghavi’s dire situation in Evin Prison, and the German Embassy’s response
“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.”
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.
Women’s Bill of Right in San Jose Moves Forward! The City Council unanimously fast-tracked my proposal to develop a Women’s Bill of Rights ordinance also…
A Treaty for Women’s Equality:Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is a landmark international agreement that affirms principles of fundamental…