27 April 2010 Your Excellencies, The news of the Iranian government’s candidacy for membership in ECOSOC’s Commission on Status of Women (CSW) has...
UCSD Students for Civil Rights in Iran present “Offside: Women’s Resistance in Iran”
Offside: Women's Resistance in Iran - Screening/ Q+A Tuesday, May 4, 2010 5:30pm - 8:30pm University of California, San Diego Price Center West-...
Letter of Shirin Ebadi to Ban Ki-moon and UN General Assembly Members
فارسی Open Letter to His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, and Members of the UN General Assembly By Dr Shirin Ebadi,...
Women Prisoners: Maryam Zia Released, Eghdamdoust Gets New Case
Women’s and children’s rights activist Maryam Zia was released after three months in prison, after going on a hunger strike and being taken to the...
Maryam Zia’s sister: My sister has been on a hunger strike
Maryam Zia has begun a hunger strike to protest her illegal imprisonment. A a women’s and children’s rights activist and the Director of the...
Abbasgholizadeh: Suppression Has Changed Iranian Women’s Priorities
Noble Laureate Shirin Ebadi at Asia Society Event (Video)
On March 3, the Asia Society hosted a variety of speakers, including 2003 Noble Laureate Shirin Ebadi, who "argues against economic sanctions for...
Radio Free Europe: Google, RSF Honor Iranian Women Bloggers
Google and the Paris-based media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on March 11 honored a collective of Iranian women bloggers for their...
“Winning Strategies for Gender Equality” – Women’s Rights Advocates’ Messages to the Women of Iran (Video)
Women Intercultural Network & US Women Connect “Winning Strategies for Gender Equality” As an opening panel for the UN NGO CSW, this session was...
International Women’s Day: A conversation with “Million Signature” & “Gender Equality” activist, Esha Momeni
March 8, 2010 Over the weekend, as many activist groups around the world prepared for and celebrated International Women’s Day, Esha Momeni, an...