Women’s E-Learning in Leadership (WELL) for Democracy teaches Iranian women the skills needed to resist patriarchal pressures they face. This includes understanding why leadership matters, organizing themselves in a community and building relationships, and thinking like a leader. WELL provides women with education to fight back against gender oppression. A democracy does not exist without...Read More
1-“Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book.” –Malala Yousafzai2-“There is no force more powerful than a woman determined to rise.” –W.E.B. Dubois3-“There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish.” –Michelle Obama4-“I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.” –Mary Shelley5-“How wrong it...Read More
In order to empower women with leadership training, the online training organization “Women’s Leadership” (WELL) will start its training courses on April 9, 2023. Those interested can refer to the link below to get the registration form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSft4PkiG-R8mQFWzrJ04SujiwwJGZau8qy8JM8EnjMIRZGLAA/viewform Leaderhip-Course-online-4DownloadRead More
Women’s status and rights in contemporary Iran, and thereby the trajectory of Iranian women’s activism and feminist movements, seem paradoxical and complicated.2 For instance, how could women under a conservative Islamist clerical state, which has pursued sex segregation and many extreme forms of legal and practical discrimination against women, show impressive educational attainment, even surpassing...Read More
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