December 1, 2019
A Day to Raise Awareness about Violence Against Women
According to the United Nations reports, a third of all women and girls experience physical or sexual violence in their…
November 24, 2019
A Week of Resilience and Allyship
For a whole week, we went offline, as well as all the other 80 million people living in Iran. We…
November 5, 2019
How to Talk about Gender-Based Violence?
“How to talk about gender-based violence?” is a 2016 article by Nadje Al-Ali, professor of gender studies at SOAS. Although…
October 25, 2019
Economic Struggle, Women’s Condition, and Tourism’s Impacts on the Society: Second Thoughts on Iran
An Observation on the Iranian Society by Myriam, a Former Tourist and Current Friend from France I went to Iran…
September 22, 2019
Is Intersectionality Enough for Women Who Do not Live in the West?
Intersectionality (or intersectional feminism) is defined as “the complex, cumulative manner in which the effects of different forms of discrimination…
September 8, 2019
Faces of Saudi Arabian Women, Battling for Women’s Rights
“Saudi Arabia widens crackdown on women’s rights activists”; “Women’s rights activists go on trial in Saudi Arabia”; “Saudi Arabia: new…
September 8, 2019
KAFA, a Feminist Non-Profit Organization in Lebanon
KAFA (which means enough) is a feminist non-profit civil society organization in Lebanon that is fighting for women's rights, trying…
September 4, 2019
Impact of Economic Sanctions on Iraqi Women in 1990s, and Their Implications for Today’s Iran
Economic sanctions affect people locally, but are enacted by policy makers abroad who do not have understanding of how sanctions…
August 31, 2019
Middle Eastern Women: Education, Employment and Health
Education Access to education for girls and women has increased in recent decades across MENA region. This is reflected in…