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• Fed up Iranian women organize to take more seats in parliament / Zahra Alipour

  20 January 2016, by admin

  Al-Monitor: Nine women and 281 men. Such is the composition of the Iranian parliament. Rights activists believe this lopsided gender imbalance is one reason why so many discriminatory laws against women have been passed by the current legislature, in office since 2012. Ahead of the upcoming Feb. 26 parliamentary elections, a group of women’s rights activists organized Changing the Male-Dominated Face of the Parliament, a campaign to address the dearth of women in the legislature.
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• On the Myth „Women are Worse than Men“ / Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani

  11 December 2015, by admin

  Feministschool: In this context the gender question relates to the context of elections, and, MPs/members of Parliament:
  Repeatedly the statement, that “women Members of Parliament are worse than men in that position†is being circulated. Even by us women, ourselves. This statement, less based on experienced realities, has its routes in the low level of women’s self-esteem and in the dominating value systems as defined by men. A value system that has been, over times, internalized by (...)

• Violence in Middle East and The parliamentary election in Iran / Mansoureh Shojaee

  11 December 2015, by admin

  Feministschool: The upcoming 10th parliamentary election in Iran has been synchronized with deteriorating condition in Middle East. In such situation of fundamentalism and militarism, soon or late, Iran will also turn inward.
  Middle East is a region in which countries like Iraq, Lebanon and Syria are the main conflict-spots for the global powers. This is a region which has experienced super power’s invasions for several years; a region which has both developed ISIS, and has fought and still (...)

• A Campaign: Towards Transforming the Male-dominated Face of the Parliament

  8 November 2015, by admin

  Feministschool: In today’s world, our sisters in many countries hold one fifth of all parliamentary seats and are constantly trying to increase their share to fifty percent. These women are not satisfied with occupying parliamentary seats and enjoying the benefits of being parliament members. Their goal is to oversee the legislation process such that no law should be ratified without taking into account the human and social rights of women. In many countries women fight for equal human (...)

• Iranian Activists Campaign To Bring More Women Into Parliament

  4 November 2015, by admin

  Radio Farda: Iran’s parliament has 290 seats, and only nine of them are filled by women.
  Women’s rights activists want to change that. A group of Iranian activists is seeking to dilute the dominance of men in the country’s parliament, pushing for a greater female presence in the legislature following elections in February 2016.
  They also plan to promote candidates of both sexes who support greater rights for women — and to "name and shame" those who do not, through a system of "red cards" and (...)

• Narges Mohammadi is hospitalized due to a severe convulsion

  13 October 2015, by admin

  Feministschool: Nargess Mohammadi, the vice chair of the committee to defend human rights in Iran, following a severe convulsion, was transferred from a prison cell to a hospital. At present, while under medical supervision, she is still under tight security. Taghi Rahmani , her husband, expressed his concerns that the supervision should done so as not to impose more tension on her, since any further inappropriate measures, such as her being tied to her bed, would further delay her (...)

• From activism in Iran to take action in Europe / Mansoureh Shojaee

  25 September 2015, by admin

  Feministschool: The promising progressiv Iranian Women‘s Movement is revived and boosted again by the open letter of Narges Mohammadi, out ofEvin prison
  The voice of Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian prominent Human Rights activist, this time, speaks up a different language. It is the voice of a mother this time, talks for many other imprisoned mothers, and the additional pain they are enduring since many years. She had not addressed this particular aspect of women prisoners, ever earlier, in (...)

• A note on Women and the Upcoming Iranian Elections / Fatemeh Farhangkhah

  24 September 2015, by admin

  Feministschool: Fatemeh Fhangkhah’s analysis on upcoming elections in Iran (February-March 2016) in her recent article in Feminist School, has important pragmatic viewpoints that could impact the life of women in Iran. I can well imagine, that this article, well elaborated, informative and illuminating as it is, be of interest to a number of English-reading audience, interested in Iranian affairs. I am therefor, attempting to address the very points of Ms. Farhangkhah’s article in this (...)

• Nasrin Sotoudeh’s letter for Nargess Mohammadi’s release

  20 August 2015, by admin

  FeministSchool: Nargess Mohammadi is once again sent to prison. She is accused of speaking out, when injustice happens to others. Injustice has deprived peace and tranquility from the observant conscience of Narges Mohammadi.
  As the official reason for imprisonment of Nargess Mohanmmadiwas declared that she was takling up legal defence of individuals that wer imprisoned because of their particular belief and thinking, we would like to state the following (...)

• “Let me speak†: a tale from prison / Since Moses’s mother till mother of Gaza and Iranian imprisoned mothers / by Nargess Mohammadi

  23 July 2015, by admin

  Feministschool: The following is the letter of Nargess Mohammadi. She has wrriten the letter in prison. Nargess Mohammadi was arrested in May 5, 2015:
  When Ali and Kiana got born they were 2.4 kg and 2.3 kg. Because of my physical conditions like hypertension and albumin excretion I gave birth to them one month sooner. During my C-section I had pulmonary embolism.my milk was contaminated with anticoagulant I was given so called heparin and Warfarin. As a result I was not be able to breast (...)