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October 2023
https://stophonorkillings.org/The campaign to stop honor killings was formed after Romina Ashrafi (a 14-year-old girl from Talesh) was killed by her father, that is, on May 21, 2020 (June 1, 2019). After the news of Romina’s murder spread on social media, the feelings of people who were concerned about human rights and women’s rights were aroused....
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Author & Sociologist,Rouhi Shafii is a sociologist, author, translator, women and human rights activist. She has published a number of books in both English and Persian. She has published reviews on 6 books in Persian, mainly memoirs from prison.Since early 1990, Rouhi Shafii has presented papers on Iran, especially women’s situation in various venues including...
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Coursera  https://www.coursera.org/Maybe you know Coursera. It is a nonprofit organization. Coursera is a collaboration of more than hundred universities around the world that provide free or cheap online courses in many different subjects from technology to business to philosophy and leadership, etc.  with a certificate or without certificate. Here is the link to some of the FREE Courses in...
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Women’s Leadership Partnership ( WLP) Home Page | Women’s Learning PartnershipDescription: Women’s Learning Partnership (WLP) is dedicated to women’s leadership and empowerment. At its essence, WLP is a builder of networks, working with 20 autonomous and independent partner organizations in the Global South, particularly in Muslim-majority societies, to empower women to transform their families, communities, and societies....
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National Democratic Institute (NDI) National Democratic Institute | Home (ndi.org)Description: The National Democratic Institute, NDI, was founded by Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright in 1983, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to support and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide through citizen participation, openness and accountability in government. NDI has promoted democratic development across five continents. Currently,...
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Dr. Malihe Maghazei,AbstractThis paper studies the growing trends in conscious music in Iran, which emerged in the 1990s. It provides a brief historical overview of changes in conscious music in Iran since the Constitutional Revolution of 1905. Within the context of the current status of music in the country, the research then focuses on three...
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Malihe Maghazei1, Ali Muhammad Valavi2, Sadegh Aeinevand3, SusanBastani4,Abstract:A critical analysis of reader-text, especially the sacred texts as the important topic ofhermeneutic, is one of the focal points of attention among scholars of humanities. Thispaper, through a comparative study between the Bible and the Qur’an, concentrateson the image of woman in the account of creation. The...
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The Nobel Committee decided to award the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize to Narges Mohammadi, a civil activist and political prisoner. The reason for awarding this award is Narges Mohammadi’s campaign against the oppression of “women in Iran and in line with promoting human rights and freedom for all”.Narges Mohammadi has fought against gender apartheid, death...
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