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• From the Underground to the University: Pictures of the "International Women’s Day" in Tehran

  10 March 2015, by admin

  Feministschool: On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, the Association of Citizenship for Women had prepared two different programs which were unfortunately both cancelled at the last minute, despite a month of trying to find a public place for the event.
  For this reason, some members of the group spent the whole day from the morning until the evening of Sunday March 8th, 2015, International Women’s Day, on the public buses , the underground and streets distributing sweets and (...)

• WOMEN JOURNALISTS COMMITMENT AND CHALLENGES

  8 March 2015, by admin

  To mark International Women’s Day, Reporters Without Borders pays tribute to ten women journalists from the four corners of the globe, ten women with different backgrounds who have told us about their jobs, their commitment and the specific challenges and dangers they face in the course of their work.

• Iranian feminist, filmmaker and activist; Saba Vasefi hosts the 2nd International Women’s Poetry and Art Festival

  6 March 2015, by admin

  Feministschool: Sydney was host to yet another successful and inspiring event; The Second Sydney International women’s poetry and art festival held on the 6 March 2015 at Sydney Town Hall.
  As part of International Women’s Day, this festival is a part of a global chain of events in over forty countries worldwide and has been official named one of UNESCO’s 2015 International Year of Light activities.
  Much more than an expression of creativity, the poetry festival “Woman Scream†is a (...)

• Homeland/Heimat / Mansoureh Shojaee

  23. Februar 2015, von admin

  Feministschool: The following is written by Mansoureh Shojaee:
  Jede ferne und nahe Reise endete dort, wo sie angefangen hatte.
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  Auf dem Weg zurück wurde dir warm ums Herz, wenn du an die Hoffnung dachtest, in ein vertrautes, warmes und bleibendes Zuhause zurückzukehren und Menschen wiederzufinden, die auf deine Geschichten warteten.
  – Diese Hoffnung hatte den Namen „Heimat“
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  Bei der Ankunft ließest du dein Gepäck auf den Boden fallen, erzähltest, hörtest zu und (...)

• Homeland/Heimat / Mansoureh Shojaee

  23 February 2015, by admin

  Feministschool: The following is written by Mansoureh Shojaee:
  „ No matter how long or short the journey, it ends where it started
  On the way back, your heart glows with the hope of returning to a familiar, warm and enduring home and seeing the people waiting to hear your stories
  – This hope is called „home“.
  When you arrive, you let your bags fall to the ground, talk , listen and build up your strength for the road, for the next Jourey
  – This ground is called „ home“.
  It is the hope (...)

• Les femmes continuent la lutte pour leurs droits malgré les obstacles / Mansoureh shojaee

  4 janvier 2015, par admin

  Le 10 décembre 1950, l’assemblée générale de l’ONU a déclaré la journée des droits humains pour attirer l’attention sur la déclaration universelle des droits humains dans le monde entier et en faire la norme pour tous les peuples et les nations.
  64 ans plus tard, les violations des droits humains continuent sous différentes formes dans toutes les sociétés humaines, malheureusement. En dépit des efforts des militants des droits humains qui poursuivent les buts de la déclaration, la mise en Å“uvre (...)

• Civil society activists have requested Mahdieh Golroo’s release by signing and sending a letter to the Iranian President

  25 November 2014, by admin

  Feministschool: More than 300 civil society activists and equal rights defenders have requested Mahdieh Golroo’s release by signing and sending a letter to the Iranian President, which accompanies this letter. Some of the signatures are: Nasrin Sotoudeh, Nargess Mohamadi, Shahla Lahiji, Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani, Jila Baniyaghoub, Isa Saharkhiz, Douther’s Zahra Rahnavard (Nargess and Zahra Mousavi), Fakhrolsadat Mohtashamipour and...
  Mahdieh Golrou is one of members of the Iranian Women (...)

• Mahdieh Golroo was arrested

  30 October 2014, by admin

  Feministschool: Mahdieh Golroo, a women’s rights activist, was arrested in her house on October 26,2014 by security forces after inspecting and confiscating her personal belongings . Mahdieh Golroo along with some Women Rights Activists who had participated in a peaceful protest on October 22, their protest was held in response to the recent acid attacks on women in Isfahan.
  Mahdieh Golroo, born on the 24th of August 1985-Tehran, is a student and women’s right activist, a member of the (...)

• Sex and the City and the true romance of women’s friendship / Wendy Harcourt

  21 October 2014, by admin

  Feministschool: As a feminist and as a mother of two teenage daughters, I have ambiguous feelings about the television series of Sex and the City the New York based TV series of 4 ‘single’ women (who all eventually are paired off) who enjoy a free and glamorous life in New York. I was first introduced to the series about 10 years ago by a young woman who lives in my neighbourhood in Rome – a mother of the then best friend of my younger daughter. She and I were exchanging language lessons – (...)

• Finissage of exposition 2014 / Bertrun Jeitner-Hartmann

  11 October 2014, by admin

  Feministschool: The wonderful exposition „Additional Years – New Age for elder women“ in Women’s Museum in Fürth/Germany had ist finissage on the last week-end of September.
  During two summers this exposition gave place to most interesting meetings and very intense discussions about the new “time†women gaun, while reaching senior level and getting older froom decennium to decennium. Average age accomplished nowadays is 84 years for women and 78 years for men (in Germany).
  Feminist school wrote (...)