Like most nations in the post-WWII world, Iran had a “baby boom” generation, which arrived at young adulthood about a decade later than the West’s post-WWII boom. By the mid-1970s, half of Iran’s population was under 16; two-thirds were under 30. And as in many nations of the...
( 2007 ). Women, religion and the “Afghan Education Movement” in Iran . Journal of Development Studies , 43 ( 2 ), 265 – 293 . doi: 10.1080/00220380601125115H. Hoodfar, "Women, religion and the `Afghan education movement' in Iran," Journal of Development Studies, vol. 43, no. 2...
A decade later, the hijab becomes looser and softer around the crown of the head, reflecting social changes – the Iranian social movement for women began. In the 1930s, the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi implemented big changes – starting with the name of the country from Persia...
The aim of this qualitative study was to investigate how and why Iranian women working in retail sales responded when confronted by sexual harassment by customers. Methods The setting for this qualitative study was Shiraz, Iran, in 2020. Purposeful and snowball sampling was used to recruit 16 ...
explore a wide platform of women's revolutionary involvements and elucidate the broad range of contributions by women scholars, scientists and activists to movements of social transformation, as well as to a reexamination of established methods of cultural analysis from enlightened liberalism to Marxism...
Populism and Feminism in Iran Women’s Struggle in a Male-Defined Revolutionary Movement Authors: Haideh Moghissi Copyright: 1996 Available Renditions Soft cover Soft cover eBook Women and Adjustment Policies in the Third World Editors: Haleh Afshar ...
In the preliminary research, a redeployment of often taken-for-granted concepts such as home and abroad are proposed and a conceptualization of migration and diaspora that problematizes stasis and movement is reconsidered.doi:10.1080/00210862.2012.740892Gerami...
Track This essential documentary film focuses on Iranian women's rights activists who are on the forefront of a decentralized but surprisingly powerful movement. These women are part of the largest, non-violent movement in the world that ...See more ...
However, her family waived the application of the death penalty. In June 2018, international media reported on protests surrounding the gang rape of at least 41 women and girls in the city of Iranshahr, a predominantly Baluchi province. The regime allegedly sought to deny the cases, in ...
The news of Amini’s death unleashed an insurrectional movement in Iran that is unmatched in recent times. Women have been removing their veils in public, cutting their hair, and demonstrating in the streets. Their protest has garnered worldwide support from women and men alike, especially amon...