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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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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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

Feministschool: The following is the letter of Nargess Mohammadi to the prosecutor, Mr. Jafari Dowlatabadi. She has written it in prison. Nargess Mohammadi was arrested in the early morning of May 5, 2015, when state security agents showed up at her home and threatened to break in. Upon her arrest, the agents claimed that she was being taken “to serve her prison sentence†. Mohammadi started to serve a 6-year prison sentence on April 21, 2012, but she was released on bail on July 31, 2012 (...)

Feministschool: Sergio Kochergin is a Ukrainian-American immigrant, and a combat-veteran. Today, he’s an activist and filmmaker. Sergio recently finished his Master’s Degree in Political Economy of Agriculture and the Environment and Economics of Development at the University of Rotterdam’s, Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, Netherlands. Currently, he’s working on a documentary film about events in Ukraine.
On this day, aka Mother’s Day, we have to remember that Mother = Love. Love = (...)

Feministschool: Keynote Address delivered by Ruchira Gupta at NGO CSW Forum Consultation Day 2015 at the Apollo Theatre in New York. Sunday March 8th. Transcript.
Namaste, I am really pleased to be here to represent the voices of victims and survivors of prostitution from my own NGO Apne Aap Women Worldwide in India and also voices of fellow sisters across the world.
According to the United Nations office for drugs and crime, there are more than 27 million people enslaved as I speak (...)