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Activities in IranCurriculum Development:WLP has worked in partnership with Iranian activists and scholars to develop a Persian edition of the Leading to Choices training manual and of Leading to Choices: A Multimedia Curriculum for Leadership Learning, which consists of three videos and interactive guides on participatory facilitation, effective communication, and strategic advocacy. Learning Institutes and Training of Trainers:In 2005, WLP convened a National Learning Institute for Women's Leadership and Training of Trainers with a group of Iranian activists, NGO leaders, and academics to enable participants to develop skills in participatory leadership and to strengthen women's networks in Iran. Participants plan to hold workshops on violence against women and other important challenges facing women in Iran in follow-up from the training. eCourses for Women's Leadership:
Stories and ReportsIslamic Republic of Iran: Penal Code Excerpts Relating to WomenSource: Afkhami, Mahnaz and Erika Friedl, eds. In the Eye of the Storm: Women in Post-Revolutionary Iran. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1994. ( categories:
Iran | National Law )
Jelveh Javaheri ReleasedJune 8, 2009
Change for Equality: Jelve Javaheri was released on the 7th of June, on a third party guarantee in the amount of 100million Tomans (roughly $100,000). Mina Jafari, the lawyer representing Jelve Javaheri, explained: "Jelve Javaheri was released today on a third party guarantee in the amount of 100 Million Tomans, which was set by the Security Prosecutor at the Revolutionary Courts. Jevle Javaheri was charged with actions against the state through participation in the One Million Signatures Campaign and gathering and collusion. Jelve was arrested by security police on May 1 at her home, and spent 16 days in solitary confinement. After objections from her legal team, a temporary arrest order was issued in her case as well as a bail order in the amount of 100 million Tomans ($100,000). But her bail amount was reduced to a third party guarantee, and she was released this afternoon." It should be noted that Ms. Ehteram Shadfar one of the members of the Campaign has served as Jelve’s third party guarantor. Ronak Safazadeh Sentenced to Six Year Prison Term; Appeals Court Issues Reduced Sentence for Parvin ArdalanApril 14, 2009 Women’s rights activist and One Million Signatures Campaign member Ronak Safazadeh was sentenced to a six year mandatory prison term, based on charges of "spreading propaganda against the state" and her membership in the political opposition group Pejak, within which her activities were limited to peaceful support for the women’s movement and the Azar Mehr Women’s NGO. Ms. Safazadeh, who will serve her prison term in the city of Sanandaj, was acquitted on the charge of enmity with god. Her defense attorney, Mr. Mohammad Sharif, plans to appeal the ruling. An appeals court reduced the sentence of campaign activist Parvin Ardalan, to a one year suspended sentence over a period of three years. Ms. Ardalan was arrested in front of the Revolutionary Court in March 2007 as she peacefully demonstrated in support of women’s rights activists who were then on trial. If she is found guilty of another crime within a three year time period, she will be required to serve a one year prison term. For more on Ronak Safazadeh, Parvin Ardalan, and other wrongfully detained campaign activists, visit Change for Equality. Twelve Women’s Rights Activists Arrested for Planned New Years VisitMarch 26, 2009 Change for Equality: Twelve women’s rights activists were arrested today on March 26, 2009, on Sohrevardi Avenue in Tehran, while meeting up to go for New Years visits of families of imprisoned social and political activists. Ten of those arrested are members of the One Million Signatures Campaign. The Campaign members arrested are: Delaram Ali, Leila Nazari, Khadijeh Moghaddam, Farkhondeh Ehtesabian, Mahboubeh Karami, Baharah Behravan, Ali Abdi, Amir Rashidi, Mohammad Shourab, and Arash Nasiri Eghbali. Soraya Yousefi and Shahla Forouzanfar were also arrested. Reform and Regression in Iran: Advocating for Change of Family Laws before and after the RevolutionNoushin Ahmadi Khorasani of the Feminist School Interviews Mahnaz AfkhamiFamily laws in Muslim-majority societies determine most crucial rights for women, and often serve as a barometer for women's overall social status. Across Muslim-majority societies women are advocating for reform of these laws to accommodate their changed family and social roles, and to reflect their heightened awareness of their individual rights. ( categories:
Iran | Family Law Reform Campaign in Muslim-majority Countries )
A Special Report: Movement Building in Iran
On July 26, 2006, Ashraf Kalhori, a 37 year old mother of four, learned that her sentence of death by stoning was about to be carried out. Until that point, the punishment of stoning, which had officially been under a moratorium since 2002, had remained a taboo topic in Iranian public discourse. Ms. Kalhori’s case, however, mobilized a group of lawyers and transnational women’s activists who were concerned that this unmentionable punishment was in fact becoming more commonplace. From this seed, the “Stop Stoning Forever” campaign, and ultimately the work of Women’s Field (Meydaan), a trailblazing website and network of women’s rights activists in Iran, took root. ( categories:
Iran | Issue 21 (Fall 2008) )
The Politics of Participation: Women and Transformative LeadershipPresented by Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace (WLP) in cooperation with the Dialogue Project of the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University ( categories:
Iran | Kyrgyzstan | Malaysia | Mauritania | Nicaragua | Nigeria | Pakistan | Palestine | 2008 Events | Events )
Zanan, Iran’s Leading Women’s Magazine, Shut Down by GovernmentFebruary 8, 2008 In a significant setback for the women’s movement in Iran, the Press Supervisory Board of Iran backed by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, revoked the license of Zanan, the country’s most prominent and important women’s magazine. Zanan, which means “women” in Persian, is a monthly magazine dedicated to the reporting and analysis of women’s issues, problems, and achievements. ( categories:
Iran | Human Rights Alerts )
Persian Guide to Equality in the Family in the Maghreb Published
The arguments for family law reform presented in the Guide will help provide support to the legal reform efforts of the One Million Signatures campaign. The Guide is a unique advocacy tool developed by Collectif 95 Maghreb-Egalité, a coalition of women’s organizations from Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia, that presents the current state of the family law in the Maghreb, and proposes religious, human rights, sociological, and legal arguments for reform, well-supported by relevant data. ~The book is available for order ($24.95) or free download.~ ( categories:
Iran | Issue 18 (Winter 2007) )
Support Iranian Women on their National Day of SolidarityJune 2, 2008 Iranian women's rights activists are calling for international support in observance of the June 12, 2006 demonstrations. Two years ago on this day, activists organized a peaceful protest demanding the revision of discriminatory laws against women in Iran. Seventy people were arrested during the gathering and continue to this day to be summoned, charged, arrested and sentenced for peaceful activism. June 12th has since been chosen by Iranian women’s rights activists as their national day of solidarity to object harmful actions which attempt to silence Iranian women.
Please read the following "Statement in Support of Iranian Women" and send your personal or organizational support for the women’s rights activists who are fighting for their basic human rights against all odds. Please send emails to wlp@learningpartnership.org and hadighaemi@iranhumanrights.org. For more information about the campaign efforts, please read below or visit the One Million Signatures website. Iran: One Million Signatures to End Discriminationby Abigail Somma These days, when most people talk about Iran, the focus is on its nuclear program. But for a group of determined Iranian women, there’s a more pressing issue at hand. Since June 2006, human rights activists have been campaigning tirelessly for something that continues to elude Iranian women: equal rights. The One Million Signatures Campaign or Change for Equality, started as a grassroots movement to collect a million signatures demanding the Iranian government change laws that discriminate against women. Prototype Persian Course with Participants from Iran and Afghanistan
Two Iranian women with strong backgrounds in women's rights education and advocacy were trained as facilitators for the future eCourse in Iran. |