Iranian girl wins gold in Asian Youth Games
Iran's Nazanin Golahmadi claimed the gold medal in the shot put event of the 1st Asian Youth Games on Wednesday. The 15-year-old shot putter defeated Fatima Omar Ba from Qatar in the girls' shot put finals earning the first gold medal for her country. - 7/1/09
Women At Forefront Of Iranian Protests
During last week's demonstrations in Tehran and other cities, women of all ages and segments of society were seen at the forefront of the protests. Some were holding banners; chanting slogans; defying police. Some were seen beating back Basij militia and plainclothes agents who were attacking protestors with sticks. - 6/23/09
Iran Women First, Men Third in Asian Canoe Polo Championships
Iran came first and third in the 13th round of Asian Canoe Polo Championships in Hualien, eastern Taiwan. The competitions kicked off on June 12th were wrapped up on Sunday as Iranian women canoe polo players beat Singaporean representatives (3-1) in finals and stood first. - 6/14/09
How Social Movements Can Change Iran
According to many in Iran, the country's June 12 presidential elections constitute a great "opportunity." It's important to note, however, that the so-called opportunity brought about by the election does not necessarily reflect a heightened degree of openness � or of control � of the political atmosphere; -Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani - 6/12/09
Iranian women activists step up their efforts
Women activists in Iran have been taking advantage of the openness created due to the upcoming presidential elections. In particular, they have stepped up their efforts to make the general public aware about their demands for equal rights. -Feminist School - 6/11/09
WHAT IS IN A SIGNATURE?
Depends, of course, on the text you are about to sign and the laws you are subject to. It may mean the payment of your utility bill or your freedom to work, to travel; well it could be your life you are signing away. Let's say you are an Iranian woman signing your marriage contract. It means once you get married, you will become a second class citizen -WWHR interviews Sussan Tahmasebi - 6/11/09
Iranian Presidential Contenders Court Women Voters
For the first time in Iran's 30-year history of presidential elections, candidates are going all out to win over female voters, making a flurry of last-minute appeals before Friday's balloting. Today's campaigns are a departure from the past, when candidates spoke of women voters in general terms, mostly centered on their respect for a mother's role in society or through economic assistance to widows. -Farnaz Fassihi, WSJ - 6/11/09
Power of women in Iran's election
President Ahmadinejad often speaks of women as the heart of this society. He talks of empowering them and makes much of his plan to provide insurance for housewives and share Iran's oil wealth with poorer families. But Mr Mousavi has - for Iran - an unusual political asset; his wife, Zhara Rahnavard. -BBC - 6/10/09
Iranian women make history in Asian wushu
Elahe Mansourian, Iran's minus 48 kg representative, beat her Chinese opponent and bagged the gold medal in Sanshou (weapons form). Iranian women made history on Tuesday because for the first time Iran clinched gold in sanshou. - 6/9/09
Iranian Women Demand Change
This week, one of Iran's leading women's rights activist, Sussan Tahmasebi, stopped by NPR to speak to Scott Simon about Iran's upcoming Presidential elections. - 6/8/09
Iranian woman Mahsa Dehghan wins gold in Asian Wushu
Iranian woman Mahsa Dehghan claimed a gold medal on Sunday in the 5th Asian Junior Wushu Championships. The Iranian chalked up 8.70 points in taolo(form), followed by Malaysian and Kazakhstan wushu players who got 8.65 and 8.60 respectively. - 6/7/09
Photos: Ahmadinejad among his women supporters in Tehran
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran's might has made it impossible for its enemies to launch an attack on the country. "Those countries that threatened Iran in the past are sending letters and messages to Iran today," Ahmadinejad said at a gathering of women in Tehran on Tuesday -Photos by Mehdi Ghasemi, ISNA - 6/3/09
Iran's Elaheh Ahmadi comes first at Italy shooting competitions
Ahmadi is the first Iranian woman to hit the total world record of 400 points for air gun shooting races. - 5/30/09
Reform candidate's wife new political star in Iran
Presidential hopeful Mir Hossein Mousavi waited in the wings as his wife warmed up the crowd. Zahra Rahnavard quickly had them roaring in approval — and her husband beaming — as she ticked off her demands for women's rights and other reforms. -AP - 5/29/09
Photos: Women Football League in Bandar Anzali, Iran
Following photos are from the women football league that's being held in the town of bandar Anzali in northern Iran by the Caspian coast. -Photos by Majid Sayadnavard, ISNA - 5/27/09
Iranian women athletes won 140 medals in 2008
Announcing this, deputy head of Physical Education Organization's Office for Women Sports Development, Mansoureh Tehranchi told IRNA that they also held six managerial posts in martial, physical education and badminton sports with the aim of developing women sports management. - 5/24/09
The Coalition of Iranian Women States its Election Demands
The Iranian women's movement, which in the past years has pursued various ways and means of voicing the demands of Iranian women, and actively sought to achieve these, is now using the opportunity posed by the tenth Iranian presidential elections to form a coalition. -Feminist School, Iran - 5/22/09
Four Candidates Approved To Run In Iran's Presidential Vote, 471 Rejected
Among those deemed not fit to stand for office by the 12-man Guardians Council was female parliament deputy Rafat Bayat. As a conservative, Bayat's registration had pundits speculating whether the watchdog body might approve her candidacy, seeing as the Guardians Council had said there was no barrier to a woman running for the presidential office. Overall, more than 40 female candidates did not make the final list. - 5/21/09
Iranian women deserve more freedom: Mousavi's wife
"When participating in social activities, our women must feel both secure and liberated. In other words, they must be allowed to freely choose their career, work environment, and clothing [in compliance with Islamic dress code]," Zahra Rahnavard told a gathering of young women who support Mousavi Wednesday. - 5/21/09
A Woman as President: Iran's Impossible Dream?
Every four years, hundreds of Iranians register to stand as candidates in the country's presidential election. Women have signed up to run since 1997 — yet no female has ever been certified by the government to run for President. -TIME - 5/21/09
Iranian woman becomes chess Grandmaster
Iranian chess player Atousa Pourkashiyan became Chess Grandmaster on Monday. Pourkashiyan earned the title in the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden after gaining eight points in 11 games. - 5/18/09
Filmmaker to Empower Girls Through Reporting
It's official: Iranian-American documentary filmmaker Bita Haidarian, who decided to give her fans a deciding voice in her new initiative, will be empowering women in various countries by recruiting them to act as reporters in their home regions. - 5/18/09
Zahra Rahnavard: Female minister, Iranian women's lowest demand
"Next Iranian president should offer women a position in the cabinet," Zahra Rahnavard, the wife of presidential contender Mir-Hossein Mousavi said recently, calling it the lowest demand of Iranian women. - 5/17/09
Iran Could Elect First Female President
More than 40 women have registered as prospective candidates for Iran's tenth Presidential elections raising, a top election official says. "Of the 475 who signed up as candidates, 433 are men and 42 are women," Kamran Daneshjoo, the head of Iran's election committee told reporters on Sunday. - 5/10/09
Iranian Woman Activist Narges Mohammadi Receives The Alexander-Langer-Award 2009
The Scientific and Guarantee Committee of the Foundation has decided to bestow the international Alexander Langer award 2009 upon Narges Mohammadi, Iranian journalist as well as vice-president and spokeswoman of the Defenders of Human Rights Center, and president of the executive committee of the National Peace Council. - 5/8/09
Guns, Roses and Graduate Degrees
At a conference that considered the impact of the French philosopher Michel Foucault on Middle East studies, visiting historian Janet Afary explains that the story of Iranian women since the Revolution is not entirely one of repression. - 5/7/09
Iran's first first lady?
The wife of presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi is taking an unprecedented role in his campaign in a bid for women's vote -Massoumeh Torfeh, Guardian - 5/6/09
Women Call For Gender Equality Ahead Of Iran's Presidential Vote
Former lawmaker and journalist Azam Taleghani is one of two women to have announced plans to run in Iran's presidential election in June. In the unlikely event Taleghani were to become president, she would encounter obstacles not often associated with a head of state. - 5/3/09
Iran: All 12 women activists free on bail
Khadijeh Moghaddam and Mahboubeh Karami have both been released on bail. They and 10 others had been arrested on 26 March 2009 as they prepared to make Iranian New Year visits to the families of detained activists, including students and trade unionists. -Amnesty - 4/27/09
Iranian woman wins Japan literary award for newcomers
Iranian author Shirin Nezammafi's novel titled 'Shiroi Kami' (white paper) wins the 108th Bungakukai Shinjinsho (new authors) award for her first novella in Japanese. - 4/17/09
Iranian women can run for president with 'no legal restraint'
Guardian Council spokesman Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei on Saturday stated that there is "no legal restraint" on the candidacy of women in the country's presidential elections. -MNA - 4/12/09
Iranian female Taekwondo players take first place in Fajr cup
Iran came first in the international female Fajr Taekwondo cup held in Tehran. Russia, Azerbaijan, Tunisia, Afghanistan, Kuwait and Iraq as well as three teams from Iran attended the one-day tournaments in 8 weight classes. - 4/12/09
Tehran to hold seminar on world's Persian-speaking female poets
Tehran's Al-Zahra University is to hold a seminar to review the centennial poetry of world Persian-speaking female poets in late May. - 4/12/09
Iran's Next First Lady?
There is growing interest on Iranian websites and in the blogosphere about Zahra Rahnavard, the wife of Mir Hossein Musavi, who is likely to be Mahmud Ahmadinejad 's main challenger in Iran's June presidential election. - 4/11/09
Iran women futsal team finished third in Asian championship
Some ten teams from the countries of Iran, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan took part in the event. - 4/11/09
Trading Afghan Women's Rights for Political Power
New Afghan Law Comes as No Surprise: Women’s Rights Have Always Been Traded for Political Power -Common Dreams - 4/8/09
Secretary Of State Clinton Criticizes Controversial Afghan Women Law
Answering questions from listeners of Radio Free Afghanistan, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed her hope that a controversial new Afghan law, which critics say will restrict the rights of women, will be overturned. -RFE - 4/6/09
Providing Security Should be Combined with Proper Enforcement of the Post-Taliban Constitution
Sharmini Peries of The Real News Network sits down in an interview with Mavis Leno, the chair of the Feminist Majority Foundation's Campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan, to discuss the organization's efforts to help women in Afghanistan and improve their social and economic status. - 4/3/09
Campaign for One Million Signatures Honored with an Award for Global Women's Rights by Feminist Majority Foundation
Each year the feminist majority foundation awards prominent women rights activists. Campaign for one million signatures is one of the winners of this year (2009) award. The award is for the demands and activities to end discriminatory laws against women in Iran. - 3/26/09
Iran women skiers earn slot in Canada 2010 Olympics
Head of Iran's Ski Federation Isa Saveh-Shemshaki said on Monday that Iran's women skiers have, for the first time, earned a slot in the 2010 Winter Olympics to be held in Vancouver, Canada. - 3/16/09
IRAN: Imprisoned Human Rights Activist Ms. Jinus Sobhani Released
Jinus Sobhani had been arrested on January 14, 2009, following a home search and the seizure of her personal belongings and those of her husband by security officers who had shown no arrest or search warrant. She had been detained without access to her lawyers since then. - 3/13/09
Iran: No Cake for Iranian Women on their Day
We-change informs[fa] us that security forces did not allow Iranian women hold a meeting in Tehran on March 8 and even seized the cake seen below that women had prepared to celebrate the International Women's Day. -Global Voices - 3/13/09
Iran says women should be represented in UNSC with veto right
An Iranian delegation attending the meeting of Women Status Commission in the United Nations called for presence of women representatives in the Security Council with veto right. - 3/11/09
Happy International Women's Day - 8th March 2009
Since I first thought like a woman many moons ago I have honored this day, which women have celebrated since 8th March 1909 in New York. The one thing I so deeply admired about them is the fact that they did not think of themselves as victims, despite all the odds, together they took some initiatives and took their lives in their own hands, and did they think themselves better than others. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran - 3/8/09
Karroubi vows to appoint women ministers if elected Iran president
Mahdi Karroubi stated on Saturday that he will appoint women as ministers and presidential aides if he wins the June presidential election, a move to break the barrier in holding ministerial posts by women. - 3/8/09
International Panel of Women in the Arts and Sciences and Norouz Celebration in Cupertino, California on March 8
On the 100th U.S. anniversary of Women's Day a panel of accomplished international women in the field of arts and science discuss the role of the expressive arts and creativity in community building, the transmission of cultural heritage, and in building bridges throughout the world. - 3/7/09
Delegation represents Iran in UN conference on women
An Iranian delegation has participated in the 53rd session of the United nations' Commission on the Status of Women which opened Tuesday in New York. - 3/5/09
Conference sought to promote advocacy and break Iranian stereotypes
A CSUN conference about the different views on Iran and Iranian women was held yesterday in the Oviatt Library presentation room in an attempt to make students more aware of the discrimination towards women in Iran. -Daily Sundial - 3/4/09
Germany - Woman perspectives 2009: 1001 Iran
Friday March 13 to 29 in Karlsruhe - Exhibitions, Lectures, Music, Films, Concerts, Theater, Chahar Shanbeh Suri, and Norouz celebrations - 3/1/09
Interview with Simin Behbahani about Recent Attacks on Shirin Ebadi
"The year that I was born, was when Shirin Ebadi became the first women judge in Iran, in order to demand and write for women rights as a judge. When I didn't know any thing about freedom of speech I read courageous poems of Simin Behbahani and understood that how literature can join life and social pains. I was in preschool when Mehrangiz Kar was writing for the newspapers..." -Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani, - 3/1/09
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