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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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

Feministschool: More than 650 civil society activists and equal rights defenders have requested Nargess Mohammadi’s release by signing an Statement Some of the signatures are: Shirin Ebadi. Mehrangiz Kar, Nasrin Sotoudeh, Faeze Hashemi, Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani, Fakhrolsadat Mohtashamipour, Minoo Mortazi, Ahmad Montazeri, Isa Saharkhiz, and...
It has been 2 months since the arrest of Narges Mohamadi,human rights and women’s right activist,and her transfer to Evin prison for the execution (...)

Feministschool: the following is the letter of Mansoureh Shojaee to the Chief of Justice of Islamic Republic of Iran:
To : His Excellency , the Chief of Justice of Islamic Republic of Iran.
In protesting the unlawful action that has taken place in processing my law suit in the Revolutionary Court, I Mansoureh Shojaee, journalist, researcher, woman’s activist, address this letter to you.
At the present time, I am a resident scholar at Hague, Netherlands, a research scholar in the area of (...)

feministschool: The text below is the open letter of the Women Citizenship organisation to Shahindokht Molaverdi, President’s deputy for women and family affairs: To the President’s Deputy for Women and Family affairs
On the morning of Tuesday 5th of May 2015 , Nargess Mohammadi , one of the members of the Women’s Citizenship organisation and a well-regarded human rights activist, was arrested unexpectedly without any previous official notice,2 days prior to this she attended her court (...)

IRAN PULSE: After the two-week break for the Iranian New Year (March-April), the first piece of news that exploded like a bomb in the Iranian media was the passing of a law allowing women to enter sport arenas by the Security Council. This created a wave of bewilderment among critics of the administration and hard-core religious conservatives. The news was, however, quickly mitigated; President Hassan Rouhani’s vice president for women and family affairs, Shahindokht Molaverdi, said, (...)

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 (...)

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.

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 (...)