The new year has finally come and we pray that every reader has a beautiful year and fulfil all their dreams. It is when we look back at the past year, celebrate, and prepare for a fresh start. Saying goodbye to the ups and downs of the previous year, we’re ready for 2024 and all...Read More

Yalda Night (Shabe Yalda in Persian), also known as Shab-e Chelle, is an ancient festival celebrated on the longest and darkest night of the year, usually falling on December 20, 21, or 22. During Yalda Night, Iranian families gather to share meals of fruits such as pomegranates, recite Hafez’s poetry, and stay up late, often...Read More

10 December 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of one of the world’s most groundbreaking global pledges: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This landmark document enshrines the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being – regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin,...Read More

November 25 is the “International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women”. The United Nations General Assembly designated November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in 1999. The history of naming the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women On November 25, 1960, three sisters from...Read More

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...Read More

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...Read More

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...Read More

Women’s Leadership Partnership ( WLP) Home Page | Women’s Learning Partnership Description: 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...Read More

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....Read More

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...Read More