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(Iranian women’s rights activists are initiating a wide campaign demanding an end to discriminatory laws against women in the Iranian law.)
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(Change for Equality: The first training workshop since the start of the Iranian New Year (March 21, 2008) was held in Isfahan, on May 3, 2008. The workshop, which was held in the city of Isfahan, addressed citizen’s rights. Three trainers from the Campaign in Tehran conducted the workshop and 12 participants from Isfahan attended. The Citizen’s training workshop addressed issues different aspects of laws and citizen’s rights. The legal component of this training was conducted by Zohreh (...))
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(Change for Equality, May 7, 2008: The site of the Campaign in Zabol, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, was launched following the first training workshop on the Campaign. The report issued by activists in this city provides the following explanation: "on the 5th of May the first training workshop on the Campaign was held in Zabol. Ten women’s rights activists attended the workshop, which was held in the home of one of the participants. The training included an introduction on the (...))
7 May 2008
Visit of Tehran Campaign Members with Campaign Members in Mashad
Change for Equality: A series of meetings between Campaign members in Tehran and Mashad took place in Mashad. The meetings also included participants active in the Student movement in the city. The discussions during these meetings included issues such as the demands of the Campaign, strategies for collection of signatures, and religion and Islamic Jurisprudence. Two members of the Campaign in Mashad who are also lawyers, responded to the legal issues raised during these meetings. One (...)
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7 May 2008
Court Date for Hana Abdi Scheduled
Human Rights Watch News Agency of Kurdistan, in Sanandaj has reported that a court date has been set for the trial of Hana Abadi, a member of the One Million Signatures Campaign. The trial of this women’s rights activist is set for May 6, 2008, in the 2nd Branch of the Revolutionary Courts in Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran.
Hana Abadi was arrested nearly 7 months ago and remains in the female ward of Sanandaj’s public (...)
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2 May 2008
Parvin Ardalan Receives 2 Years Suspended Sentence
Change for Equality: The 13th branch of the Revolutionary Courts has issued a sentence in the case of Parvin Ardalan. Based on Amendment 610 and in accordance with amendment 25 of the Islamic Penal Code, the Court found Ardalan guilty on the charges of "illegal gathering and collusion and refusal to obey the orders of the police with the intent of endangering national security." She was sentenced to 2 years suspended prison sentence, for the period of three years. If Ardalan is found (...)
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10 May 2008 �
Gulf News: Iranian Woman Activist Gets Suspended Jail Sentence
Gulf News: Iranian woman activist gets suspended jail sentence
Published: May 05, 2008, 13:23
Tehran: A prominent Iranian women’s rights activist said on Monday she had received a two-year suspended jail sentence, the latest such punishment for a campaigner in favour of greater female rights in the Islamic Republic.
Parvin Ardalan, who said in March she was barred from leaving Tehran to accept a Swedish human rights award, said a branch of Iran’s Revolutionary Court last week announced the (...)
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5 May 2008 �
Systematic Repression of Women’s Rights in Iran
Change for Equality: May 5, 2008; The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, has issued a report documenting the persecution of women’s rights activists in Iran. You can access the full report on the site of the Organization.
Summary of this report follows:
(5 May 2008) Iranian authorities have systematically thwarted peaceful and legal civil society efforts to advocate for women’s rights in Iran, abusing the legal system and gravely violating internationally protected civil (...)
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23 April 2008 �
Iran women activists get suspended lashing sentences
By Fredrik Dahl
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Three Iranian women’s rights campaigners have received suspended lashing and jail sentences for taking part in a rally, a fellow activist said on Tuesday.
It was the latest sign of the authorities clamping down on activists demanding greater women’s rights in the conservative Islamic Republic, which rejects Western accusations it is discriminating against women.
"Women’s rights activists particularly object to sentences that include lashing," said Sussan (...)
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28 April 2008
A Report on Polygamy and Underage Brides in Zahedan*
By: Mahboube Hosseinzadeh
Translated by: SZ
She says: "I come from a town where a husband can divorce his wife by throwing three pebbles on the ground; without registering the divorce and without any rights or recompense for the wife. I come from a town where eleven-year-old girls are given in marriage to men much older than themselves or even become one of the multiple wives of men who are older than their grandfathers. And all of this is forced on them by their fathers. I come from a town where once a man with (...)
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6 April 2008
By: Hoda Aminian
Translated by: SZ
The One Million Signatures Campaign is different from other movements and actions that have taken place previously in the arena of women’s rights in two ways:
1. Active participation of a large number of predominantly young volunteers in this movement, whereas in the past the discussion of women’s problems and issues was limited exclusively to women’s NGO’s or women’s small coteries, and such groups were highly distanced from the society.
Undoubtedly, what caused the (...)
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22 March 2008
One Million Signatures Campaign
By: Homa Maddah
Translated by: SZ
The question of whether it is necessary or unnecessary to organize social movements, the methods used to do the organizing and the effects of such organizing on the effectiveness of the movement has been an ongoing discussion that movements all over the world, including movements in Iran, have always had to face. Perhaps what gives this discussion such a high degree of sensitivity is the vibrant and ever-changing nature of these movements. Social movements carve their (...)
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15 March 2008
Change for Equality: With the recent arrest of Raheleh Asgarizadeh and Nasim Khosravi, the number of persons arrested for the collection of signatures has increased to 15 persons. The sentences of 3 of these activists have already been issued. Most recently, Ehteram Shadfar was sentenced to 6 months suspended prison term, for the period of two years. We interviewed Shirin Ebadi with respect to these new developments. Excerpts of this interview follow:
Q: In your opinion why have heavy (...)
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15 March 2008
By Kaveh Mozaffari
Translation: Pouran Saeedi
There are numerous social movements in our society striving in the framework of a civil society, first to defend the basic civil rights, then aiming to move on to broader social changes. Even though, all these movements are “Social “in character and are not intended to take political power, they are nonetheless under different kinds of pressure from the government, especially the most extreme currents. The Women’s movement, for instance including the “One Million (...)
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7 March 2008
Change for Equality: The following is the English Text of the speech of Parvin Ardalan, delivered via video during the ceremony where she was presented with the Olaf Palme Award. Parvin Ardalan was due to travel to Stockholm on March 3, but was banned from travel at the last minute. Her sister received the award in her place.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Greetings, I am very pleased and honored today to be selected as the 2007 recipient of the Olaf Palme Award. This award, granted each year (...)
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24 February 2008
by: Sussan Tahmasebi
How does the Iranian public react to your efforts? People’s reaction to the Campaign is varied. Many support our effort and can demonstrate that support by adding their signature to the petition or becoming more involved. We realize that besides laws and some resistance from those in power, we also face cultural resistance from a small segment of society. This is why the Campaign has adopted the face-to-face education approach, so that a true discussion on women’s rights can take place among citizens. Change in cultural attitudes, especially patriarchal beliefs deeply embedded in society takes time and the educational component of the Campaign is one of the most important components of this effort. At the same time Campaign activists contend that women’s social status in Iranian society has improved considerably. Women are present in all social spheres. Over 60% of college entrances and larger percentages of college graduates are women. Women are present in local and national government and high decision making levels (though, similar to other countries, especially in the region, this representation continues to lag far behind that of men). Women are educators, university professors, health care providers, business owners, etc. Campaign activists feel that the laws governing the status of women are far behind the realities of women’s lives and their social gains in Iran and as such need to be reformed. They believe that in an effort to promote women’s equal status, laws should be ahead of cultural norms and currently they are far behind cultural and social realities and as such reform is necessary.read more
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