Articles

The Contending Discourses on Women in Iran - - Article by Farideh Farhi describing the various obstacles that Iranian women face in their struggle for equality.

Independence Day: Women Rule a Village - - Article by Parivash Berenji and Parisa Tashakori about a village in Iran where women rule one day a year.

The Iranian Revolution Turned Against Women Who Supported It - - Article by Tayana Marshall from The McGill Daily.

The Iranian: Women - - Several feature articles about women from The Iranian online magazine.

Iranian Women and Girls - Victims of Exploitation and Violence - - Essay by Sarvnaz Chitsaz and Soona Samsami.

Women and the Politics of Fundamentalism in Iran - - Article by Haleh Afshar.

Women and the Politics of Fundamentalism in Iran - - Response to Haleh Afshar's article of the same name by Mandana Hendessi and Rouhi Shafii.

Second class: The Legal Status of Iranian Women - - Paper by Mehrangiz Kar prepared for a conference organized by Dialogue and Action between the People of Iran and America. [Iranian] (April 18, 2000)

Right to Choose: First Protests Against Mandatory Hijab - - Photo essay compiled by Pedram Missaghi showing women protesting against the manditory hijab in Iran in the first weeks after the 1979 revolution. [Iranian] (March 7, 2000)

A Tough Place to be a Woman with a Cause - - Discusses Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian women's rights lawyer and Iran's first woman judge before the revolution. [Christian Science Monitor] (October 15, 1999)

Khatami and the Status of Women in Iran - - By Donna Hughes, director of the Women's Studies Program at the University of Rhode Island. [Z Magazine] (October 1, 1998)

Postcard From Mashad - - Point of view by Fariba Najab. [Pacific News Service] (June 4, 1997)

The Islamic Revolution's Impact on the Legal and Social Status of Iranian Women - - By Kourosh Eshghipour. [New England International and Comparative Law Annual] (April 15, 1997)