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19 Dec 2011, 5:08 pm
United Nations Member States today expressed deep concern at reports of human rights violations in Iran, including torture, the use of cruel punishments such as flogging and amputations and “pervasive gender inequality and violence against women,” and called on Tehran... [read post]
2 Mar 2009, 8:32 am
One of the most vibrant women’s rights movements is in Iran, where every day courageous women risk their freedom and safety to fight for their rights. [read post]
16 Feb 2011, 2:30 pm
Throughout Iranian history, women have played an important role in the arts, and in particular music and poetry. [read post]
25 Nov 2022, 7:42 am
The aim of the fact-finding mission is to engage in a thorough and independent investigation to establish the facts and circumstances of the alleged human rights violations in Iran, particularly with respect to women and children. [read post]
18 Mar 2010, 2:11 pm
places itself in collusion with the other nations who have not ratified CEDAW: Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Palau, Nauru, and Tonga. [read post]
30 Apr 2021, 6:00 am
According to legal scholar Yasaman Yousefi, however, unlike in Iran, cases of stoning in Afghanistan have not generally sparked campaigns by international bodies, and women’s organizations and activists in Afghanistan have not received much international support. [read post]
11 May 2015, 7:38 pm
"They took my mummy to Evin prison again," says eight-year-old Kiana.In their short lives, Kiana and her twin brother, Ali, have seen many arrests and raids on their home.Their mother is Narges Mohammadi, a well-known human rights lawyer and campaigner, who has been in and out of jail on charges related to her work, for much of the past five years.In 2012, after suffering severe ill-health, Ms Mohammadi was granted leave to serve the remainder of a six-year prison sentence at home.But last… [read post]
30 Apr 2010, 6:31 am
the United Nations elected IRAN to the body's Commission on the Status of Women. [read post]
28 Jun 2022, 10:32 am
Source: VOA (21 June 2022)https://www.voanews.com/a/un-iran-executed-more-than-100-people-between-january-and-march/6627085.htmlGENEVA — Iran executed more than 100 people in the first three months of 2022, continuing a worrying upward trend, according to a report by U.N. [read post]
19 Feb 2015, 4:00 am
[T]he judiciary in Iran is heavily influenced by religious authorities and ... the law requires the head of the judiciary as well as the prosecutor general and all Supreme Court judges to be high ranking clerics....Two of the three Plaintiffs here are women and [plaintiffs] family members are not Muslim. [read post]
22 Feb 2011, 9:59 am
” Of particular importance in Judith Wellman’s books, is the discussion of Seneca Falls and why the first women’s convention occurred in upstate New York of all places.HQ1413.S67 W45 2004 International Perspectives on Women’s History In The Politics of Women’s Rights in Iran, Osanloo, by visiting various cultural hubs in Iran, documents how women’s rights are being created post-revolution. [read post]
2 Jun 2008, 2:41 am
[JURIST] An Iranian court has sentenced [Change for Equality press release] a man to one year in prison after police arrested him last year for collecting signatures in a Tehran park in support of women's rights, his lawyer said Sunday. [read post]
19 May 2024, 11:10 am
Iran has also faced years of mass protests against its Shiite theocracy over an ailing economy and women’s rights — making the moment that much more sensitive for Tehran and the future of the country as the Israel-Hamas war inflames the wider Middle East. [read post]
10 Nov 2007, 7:06 am
[JURIST] Women's rights activist Delaram Ali [advocacy profile; personal blog] is to begin a sentence [JURIST report] of 34 months in prison and 10 lashes Saturday, despite leniency pleas from Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Change for Equality [advocacy reports]. [read post]
18 Dec 2022, 4:48 am
She had vowed not to leave Iran, writing: “I do not have a passport or residence anywhere except Iran. [read post]
4 Jan 2008, 1:24 pm
They are bringing new charges against women faster than they can try them. [read post]
27 Dec 2011, 8:18 am
[W]ith young adults making up the majority of the population — nearly 70 percent of Iran’s more than 72 million people are younger than 35 — religious conservatives have been waging an uphill battle to prevent young urban women from dressing the way they want, even within the framework of the laws that mandate coats and scarves.... [read post]
26 Aug 2011, 9:08 am
One hundred eighty-seven countries have now ratified this international bill of rights for women, leaving the US in the company of Iran, Somalia, Sudan and three island countries in the South Pacific that have not yet done so. [read post]
14 Nov 2022, 6:05 am
Across Iran crowds have shouted the women’s movement chant in both Kurdish “Jin, Jian, Azadi! [read post]
9 Mar 2024, 9:02 am
According to the findings, these actions disproportionately affected women, children and members of ethnic and religious minorities. [read post]
