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WLP President Mahnaz Afkhami is frequently interviewed as an expert on women’s rights issues in the Middle East and North Africa, and particularly on women in leadership, women and technology, Islam and women’s human rights, and culture and development.

We can connect media representatives with leading women's rights activists at our partner organizations in Afghanistan, Brazil, Cameroon, Egypt, India, Iran, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Palestine, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and Zimbabwe, as well as the experts on our Board of Directors.

For media inquiries, please contact Program Associate Christina Halstead at (301) 654-2774 or email press@learningpartnership.org.

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Recent media coverage of the work of WLP and partners:

• "You Can't Judge An Iranian Woman by Her Cover." ABC News. February 12, 2007.
• "Challenging the Mullahs, One Signature at a Time." The New York Times. February 7, 2007.
• "Fighting the Good Fight for Women's Rights." National Public Radio (NPR). September 9, 2006.
• "Successful law reform." The Star (Malaysia). March 27, 2006.
• "Iranian women's rights severely restricted." The Washington Times (USA). March 8, 2006.
• "Law does not recognize children of Lebanese females." The Daily Star (Lebanon). March 8, 2006.
• "Viewpoint: Women's Learning Partnership." One World Perspectives Magazine (USA). February 24, 2006.
• "Spirit of the law." The Star (Malaysia). February 9, 2006.
• "Where the mountains are still growing." The Dominion (Canada). January 16, 2006.
• "Reforming Islamic family law." Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (USA). January/February, 2006.
• "Women can do much once they realize their power." The Daily Star (Lebanon). September 28, 2004.