Iran Womens Rights

Human Rights: Lost in the Midst of Negotiations?

Fariba Amini | Posted 05.30.2012

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Is the nuclear program more important in Islamic Republic's quest for status and power than overcoming the economic malaise, the terrible pollution gripping its capital and the growing suffocation of civil liberties?

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Iranian Female Ninjas Suing Media For Defamation

Posted 03.29.2012

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By Kristin Deasy, GlobalPost A group of Iranian female martial artists have hit out at Reuters over a report that allegedly described them ...

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Women's Rights Can't Flower In Arab Spring

Ida Lichter, M.D. | Posted 02.27.2012

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U.S. President Barack Obama's choices may be limited but his misreading of Islamist intentions could accelerate the religious extremism that is rapidly fading the Arab Spring's bloom

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Courage in Journalism

Tabby Biddle | Posted 12.24.2011

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Despite the hazards that have threatened her life and the life of her family, Parisa Hafezi, bureau chief for Reuters in Iran, has fought efforts to censor reporting and has battled against tough restrictions on women in the media.

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Iranian Female Artists Unveiled: Robert Adanto's Pearls on the Ocean Floor Screening at the Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles

Mahasti Afshar | Posted 06.12.2011

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Iran BLOCKED From UN Board On Women's Rights

The Globe and Mail | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stiff opposition from a group of countries including the U.S. and Canada derailed a bid by Iran to join the executive board of a high-powered United N...

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Iran's Women: Canaries in the Coal Mine

Azar Nafisi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Iranian women have once more become the standard by which degrees of freedom can be measured. Their resistance will not only shape Iran's future, but have far-reaching effects on Muslim countries and the way Islam is defined.

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CONTROVERSY: Will Canada, U.S. Deny Iran A Seat On Powerful UN Board For Women's Rights?

Globe and Mail | JOANNA SLATER AND CAMPBELL CLARK | Posted 05.25.2011

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Iran's controversial bid to join the board of a powerful new United Nations agency promoting equality for women is running into intense resistance fro...

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Iranian Women Poised for Major Setback

Shayan Ghajar | Posted 05.25.2011

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While purporting to hold the values of Islam and the 1979 Revolution sacrosanct, the current actions of the Iranian government demonstrate that when threatened, they are willing to turn their backs on both and erase the decades of struggle that improved the status of women in Iran today.

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Iran Warns Suntanned Woman That They May Be Arrested

AOL News | Mara Gay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Suntanned women are defying Islamic values and will be arrested, an Iranian police chief said, according to The Telegraph....

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Iranian Cleric: Promiscuous Women Cause Quakes

AP | SCHEHEREZADE FARAMARZI | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIRUT — A senior Iranian cleric says women who wear immodest clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes. Iran is one of th...

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A Veiled Movement for Women's Rights Sweeps Iran

Nasim Novin | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an unprecedented show of support for women's rights, Iranian men have posted photos of themselves wearing the head covering typically worn by Muslim women.

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Iran Cleric: "God's Fury" Will Be Unleashed If Female Governers Allowed

Alarabiya | Posted 05.25.2011

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A top hardline Iranian cleric said on Thursday that "God's fury" would be unleashed if Iran appoints women as governors of some provinces, as was rais...

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Iran's Economy Forces Women To Hawk Trinkets On Subways

GlobalPost | Iran GlobalPost Correspondant | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran -- The train stops at Tehran's 7-Tir station. Doors open and a rush of female passengers elbow their way inside the woman-only wagon. On ...

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In Iran Women Race Ahead, But Still Face Gender Block (VIDEO)

WorldFocus | Posted 05.25.2011

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In Iran, women have made remarkable strides in education in the last decades -- 65 percent of college undergraduates are female and 70 percent of gr...

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Iran: Male Clerics Call for Justice While Female Parliamentarians Advocate for Discriminatory Laws Against Women

Sara Dehghan | Posted 05.25.2011

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In Iran, appointing loyal hardline females to ministries does not translate into women's equal rights. It is another cunning strategy by Ahmadinejad's government to fool the world.

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Iran's Women A Driving Force Behind Green Movement

GlobalPost | Posted 05.25.2011

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Her eyes, wide open, she seemed to be staring into nothingness as her body was drained of its blood. The world watched Neda Agha-Soltan, a 26-year...

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It's Hard to Debate Feminism When You're Dodging Bullets

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 05.25.2011

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On the streets of Tehran women young and old, rich and poor, in skirts and chadors were saying something powerful about the irrelevance of what feminism is and is not.

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Iran Election Puts Women's Rights In Focus: Gallup

Gallup | Posted 05.25.2011

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The attention women's rights have received during Iran's presidential campaign has galvanized the country's electorate ahead of this Friday's election...

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Zahra Rahnavard: Iranian Presidential Race Altered By Mousavi's Wife

Newsweek | Posted 05.25.2011

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The crowd of young Iranians roared their approval as a group of burly men led the speaker to the stage. When the cordon of men opened up, it wasn't on...

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Iran's First Female President: Not Gonna Happen

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a society where about 70% of the university population is female, the election vetting process is a sad comment on the true condition of Iran's girls and women: second-class citizens.

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Iran's Women Fight For Rights, Including The Right To Divorce

nytimes.com | NAZILA FATHI | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEHRAN -- In a year of marriage, Razieh Qassemi, 19, says she was beaten repeatedly by her husband and his father. Her husband, she says, is addicted ...

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The Iran Game

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Iranian men and women unapologetically enjoy each other's company, and, even as intimidation and penalties loom, they're quite public about their desire to live uninvaded lives.

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