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27 Jul 2009, 1:37 am
The Global Day of Action [official website] was organized by United for Iran, a coalition made up of Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and Nobel Women's [read post]
8 Jul 2019, 3:19 pm
They’re decades behind Iran in their treatment of women and have caused us much more trouble. [read post]
8 Sep 2011, 8:09 am
The Islamic Republic of Iran has just executed three men for sodomy in a case that exposes further the official persecution of gay men and women in that country. [read post]
22 Sep 2022, 7:20 am
Iran faced criticism from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday, who called on the Iranian government to “end its systemic persecution of women. [read post]
7 Jan 2024, 11:00 am
Also, IDF raids Gaza weapons factory, says Iran helping Hamas build guided cruise missiles. [read post]
19 Jan 2020, 8:37 pm
40% of countries have laws constraining women's decision to join and remain in the labor force, the worst including Sudan, Iran, Jordan and the UAE, but also to a degree- Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.More than two thirds of countries can improve legislation affecting women's pay. [read post]
20 Sep 2022, 10:42 am
People in and outside of Iran have criticized the Tehran police and called for increased police accountability after women throughout the country have experienced abuse and violence at the hands of police. [read post]
20 May 2024, 8:35 am
In March, a UN fact-finding mission reported that institutional discrimination against women and girls in Iran had enabled human rights violations and crimes against humanity in Iran. [read post]
15 Dec 2022, 6:04 am
Yesterday, Iran was ousted from the U.N. body tasked with empowering women after months of protests in the country calling for gender equality. [read post]
12 Mar 2023, 6:17 pm
Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the Centre for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), commented on the attacks: The deliberate poisoning of school girls in Iran is exposing the fanatical, lawless and violent mentality that is resurfacing under this unaccountable government and trying to force the entire country, especially women, backward. . . [read post]
31 May 2017, 2:02 pm
Women in the Peace Corps covered up and men they knew often protected them from any inappropriate behavior by others. [read post]
12 Oct 2021, 6:38 am
From ABC News: [A] letter from an official judicial body in Iran has mandated that local laboratories report on women with positive pregnancy tests to prevent "criminal abortions. [read post]
15 Feb 2009, 3:02 am
Since the revolution in 1979, when I've thought of Iran, I've thought of the color black: the black of oil, of religious garb, of violent repression. [read post]
23 Jun 2022, 5:53 am
Al-Nashif reported that: While 260 individuals were executed in 2020, at least 310 individuals were executed in 2021, including at least 14 women. [read post]
10 Oct 2003, 1:38 am
One of the first female judges in Iran, Ms. [read post]
8 May 2018, 1:21 pm
Risking the lives and safety of American and other men, women and children so Trump can look tough is a cynical abuse of his office. [read post]
23 Sep 2007, 3:32 pm
"To the great dismay of the international community, it is a great concern that the rights of women are violated, and no serious attention has been paid in promotion and protection of women's rights in Canada. [read post]
29 Oct 2023, 10:30 am
Her death coincides with recent legislation in Iran, which has substantially increased penalties for violations of the already stringent hijab regulations for women. [read post]
3 Jun 2022, 7:00 am
From NCRI Women's Committee: Although the legal age of marriage in Iran is 13, but the law allows a girl’s father or paternal grandfather to wed her even at younger age. [read post]
11 Mar 2019, 9:17 am
Last year Sotoudeh represented a number of women who have removed their headscarf, or hijab, in public to protest against Iran’s mandatory Islamic dress code for women, according to the Center for Human Rights in Iran, a New York-based advocacy group. [read post]
