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25 June 2007
A Call for Volunteer Translators
Change for Equality: The Change for
Equality site, dedicated to reflecting the activities of and the
debate related to the One Million Signatures Campaign, which seeks
to end legal discrimination against women in Iran, is seeking
volunteer translators (Farsi to English). As the work of the
Campaign has progressed there has increasingly been an interest by
non-farsi speaking readers to be informed about our work within
this movement. Additionally, presenting our stories in the English
site, (...) read
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25 June 2007
The Site of the Campaign, Blocked for the Sixth
Time
Change for Equality: The Site of the
One Million Signatures Campaign, Change for Equality, has been
blocked once again. This latest effort at censorship marks the 6th
time that the site of the Campaign has been blocked by
authorities. It has been 2 months since the site was last blocked.
If by blocking the site of the Campaign, one of the aims of
officials is to ensure a decline in our readership, we have to
admit that this strategy has in fact failed. According to daily
statistics, (...) read
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11 June 2007
Arrested Campaign Members Released After Court
Hearing
After spending a day in detention
and a court hearing, Ehteram Shadfar, 62, and her neighbor, 50,
who was arrested while collecting signatures in support of the
Campaign and wishes to remain anonymous, were released on their
own personal guarantee. Both women’s hearings were held at the
Security Branch of the Revolutionary Courts.
Assault on the
Campaign and its Members Continues: Ehteram Shadfar Arrested
Change for Equality: On the verge of the anniversary of the
day of solidarity of (...) read
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7 June 2007 – Women
of the Basij Resistance Force Prepare for 4.5 Million Signatures
Campaign
Shahrzad News: Minou Aslani,
Director of Public Relations for the Basij Resistance Force, has
expressed interest in starting up a 4.5 Million Signatures
Campaign. "The Sister’s Basij Resistance Force has 4.5 Million
members who are supporters of hejab and chastity," claimed Aslani
in recent statements.
In reference to the One Million
Signatures Campaign, which began activities some time ago with a
view toward changing discriminatory laws against women, Aslani
announced that women (...) –Read
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The most recent articles
- 20 June 2007
By: Jelve Javaheri
Translated by: Roja
Bandari
Sometimes I can hear her voice, like right now, a coarse and
low voice. And another one like mine that says, “Leila, read me a poem.”
Then with a voice not so captivating but certainly pleasant, she would
recite a poem for me. Me who liked her.
Last night after many years,
I dreamed of her again; of her turmoil when she would try to hide it
from me. I said, “Leila, read me a poem” and with a pleasant voice, she
read for me who liked her. and I was (...) read
more
- 16 June 2007
Change for Equality: Last year’s
commemoration of the 22nd of Khordad (June 12th, 2006), in the form of a
peaceful protest in Haft-e Tir Square, which was organized to mark the
day of solidarity of Iranian women, was witness to an important and
historical development in the 100 year history of the Iranian women’s
movement. The social environment of that time had, for a number of
reasons, suffered from relative inactivity and disorientation and
rendered women’s rights and civil society (...)read
more
- 29 May 2007
By: Parvin Ardalan
Translated By:
Sholeh Shahrokhi
The year 2006, despite all of its conflicts and
tensions, was a remarkably lively and dynamic year for us. A year in
which, the rate of growth for the women’s movement rapidly increased and
reached an explosive state. This was a year, in which many of the forces
from the student movement and the labor unions joined hands with the
women’s movement in a show of solidarity and faced serious consequences
including getting beaten up, and facing (...) read
more
- 15 May 2007
By: Mazdak Daneshvar and Rouzbeh
Gorji-Bayani
Translated by: Sholeh Shahrokhi
Modernity can be
defined as critique of all that is presumed inevitable. The first
generation of Iranian modernists, however, had interpreted the concept
of modernity in a radically different way. Majority of these first
Iranian modernists were elite noble men who were sent to Europe on
personal or governmental funds, and upon return to their country of
origin, were struck by the desolate social environment they (...)
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- 13 May 2007
By: Sepideh Abdi
Source: Rooz Online
Rooz Online conducted an interview with Shirin Ebadi about the
recent crackdown on the women’s rights movement in Iran. Here are the
excerpts.
Rooz (R): As you know, the scope of crackdowns on women
activists has increased since the One-Million Signature campaign began.
Recently, a young activist, Zeinab Peighambarzadeh was sent to prison
over this campaign. What are the legal bases of such confrontations?
Shirin Ebadi (SE): With regards to the recent (...) read
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- 10 May 2007
By: Zeinab Peyqambarzadeh
Translated
by: Tesa Sabet
Note: Zeinab Peyqambarzadeh was the first member of
the Campaign to be arrested. She was arrested on Friday December 22,
2006 while distributing pamphlets on the metro and taken to Vozara
Detention Center. She was subsequently released after spending 5 days in
detention. Zeinab has since been arrested on two other occasions. She
was among the 33 women arrested in front of the Revolutionary Courts in
early April. In relation to this (...) read
more
- 9 May 2007
Translation by Sholeh Shahrokhi
Mohammad Sharif, a member of the Iranian
Bar Association, speaks of the eradication of discriminatory
legislations against women as an intricate part of the fundamental human
rights: “We live in an era where it is no longer possible for the
individual governments to treat their citizens with no accountability to
the global community, by excusing their abuse as a matter of domestic
affair. In the age of universal humanity, universal laws are needed to
break the cycle of inequality before law (...)read
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