#MeToo in Iran: Women break their long silence
Bourse and Bazaar | Ahmad Parhizi: Three years after the #MeToo movement spread globally, Iranian women have broken their silence on sexual…
Tag Archives: Women rights in Iran
As #MeToo reaches Iran, legal system remains major obstacle to justice
Al-Monitor | Leila Alikarami: Just a few years after the West was consumed with the #MeToo movement, a similar movement has finally…
Outcry in Iran at nine-year sentence for man who beheaded daughter
The Guardian | Patrick Wintour: Mother of 14-year-old victim expresses fury at lenient sentence as critics say Iranian law unfairly favours men…
FIFA President highlights presence of Iranian females at Azadi stadium a turning point
IRNA – FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Wednesday described the 1st presence of Iranian women at Azadi stadium as a very significant…
Iran gives FIFA commitment on women’s access to matches – source
Reuters – Iran’s Football Federation has given world governing body FIFA a written commitment that women will be allowed to attend matches…
Iranian women cheer at soccer game, finally
Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: “I just cannot believe how much we shouted and cheered,” Maryam, 27, told Al-Monitor as she walked out…
Iranian women allowed to attend soccer game for first time since 1981
The New York Times | Tariq Panja: When Iran’s national soccer team takes the field on Thursday for an otherwise humdrum World…
Photos: Historic day for women’s rights! Iranian women throng stadium to watch football match
ISNA | Hadi Zand: Iranian women entered the country’s national stadium in Tehran on Thursday after being able to purchase tickets for…
Iranian women attend first soccer match in 40 years
Reuters – Iranian women entered the country’s national stadium in Tehran on Thursday after being able to purchase tickets for a national…
Iran ‘assures’ women can attend World Cup qualifier
Daily Sabah – FIFA has been “assured” by Iranian authorities that women will be able to attend the October World Cup qualifier…
HRW welcomes passing a bill in defence of women rights by Iranian lawmakers
MNA – Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director of Human Rights Watch’s Middle East and North Africa Division has welcomed passing a bill…
27 percent of faculty members in Iran are women: Vice-president
IRNA – Iranian vice-president said on Monday that 27 percent of faculty members at Iranian universities, and half of the students in…
Iran, a successful model for women’s social activities
MNA – Masoumeh Ebtekar, Iranian Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, described the Islamic Republic of Iran as a successful model…
Stadium gates gradually open for Iranian women
Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: Iranian women’s relationship with sports events could hardly be more complicated. They are allowed to watch female competitions…
Iran women see new opportunities alongside old barriers
Bourse and Bazaar | AFP: Saba was just 25 when she left her design job in New York to work on a project…
Iran appoints Rigi as ambassador to Brunei
IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Homeira Rigi Zirouki has been appointed as Iran’s new ambassador to Brunei. Foreign Ministry announced in a…
Meet Iran’s first ever Sunni female ambassador
Al-Monitor – For the first time in the history of the Islamic Republic, a woman from Iran’s Sunni minority has been offered…
Iranian women allowed access to watch live football in stadium
Tehran Times – Iranian women are permitted to spectate a friendly match between Iran’s women’s football team and Russia’s in a women-only…
FIFA urged by own rights body to give Iran deadline for allowing women into stadiums
Reuters – Global soccer body FIFA has been urged by its own human rights advisory panel to give Iran a deadline for…
AFC, FIFA presidents laud attending female fans at ACL final
Tasnim – AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa joined FIFA President Gianni Infantino in welcoming the presence of more than…
Iran women attend Asian Champions League football final
BBC – Hundreds of Iranian women have been allowed to attend the Asia Champions League final in Tehran, Iran’s semi-official Isna news…
Big score for Iranian women as doors open to men’s soccer games
Al-Monitor – After nearly four decades, a group of Iranian women officially entered the iconic Azadi Stadium in the capital Tehran to…
Iran prosecutor says no repeat of women at football matches
AFP – Iran’s prosecutor general said Wednesday there would be no repeat of women watching football matches inside stadiums, saying it would…
Iran parliament adopts motions to support women, children
IFP – Iranian lawmakers have adopted a number of motions to further support and protect the rights of women and children in…
Women in Iran enjoy good freedom, are good planners: female diplomat
MNA – “The world should understand that women in Iran are very different from women of other Muslim countries,” Parvin Farshchi, the…
Iranian women face uphill battle toward equal pay
Bourse and Bazaar | Maziar Motamedi: In recent months, longstanding social issues Iran have taken a back seat to major economic challenges…
Iran, Indonesia ink MoU to boost coop. in empowering women
MNA – Vice Presidency for Women and Family Affairs and Indonesian Ministry of Women’s Empowerment signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in…
Rouhani reiterates continued presence of families in stadiums
IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani reiterated continued attendance of Iranian families in stadiums to watch sports games. He made the remarks in…
Iranian parliament to discuss women-rights bill
MNA – Iranian MP Khadijah Rabiei said on Saturday that Iranian parliament will table a new pro-women rights bill in the near…
Iran appoints female foreign minister assistant
IRNA – A woman has been appointed as the assistant to Iran’s foreign minister, the ministry said. Afsaneh Nadipoor has been appointed…
Photos: Families watch Iran-Portugal match at Azadi Stadium
Tasnim | Masoud Shahrestani: Some Iranian football fans, both women and men, watched Iran-Portugal match at Tehran’s Azadi stadium. This was the…
Women and families watch Iran-Portugal at Azadi Stadium
MNA – The license for screening Monday’s match between Iran and Portugal at Azadi Stadium has been granted, said deputy Terhan Governor…
Iran’s female football supporters make history at World Cup stadium screening
The Guardian | Martin Belam: Iran’s female football supporters have made history in Tehran – for the first time in 37 years…
VP says still hopeful about women attending sports venues
MNA – Iranian Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar said that government is determined to meet the pre-requirements for women and families being able…
Women in Iran can finally go to stadiums, but to watch matches on JumboTron!
IFP- Iranian Families have been given a chance to watch the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2018 football matches live on a JumboTron…
Iran determined to boost women’s role in national development
IFP – The Iranian government has undertaken several measures to empower women and enhance their activities in social arenas and management, in…
2,700 NGOs working in Iran on women, family affairs: VP
IFP – Iran’s Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs says the hundreds of governmental and non-governmental organizations working in the fields of…
Iran’s achievements in supporting rural women explained at UN
IRNA – An Iranian female MP on Monday briefed the 62th meeting of the UN Commission on the Status of Women on…
Commission of Status of Women kicks off in UN, Iran attends
IRNA – The 62nd Commission of the Status of Women (CSW) with participation of representatives from all over the world, including Iran,…
Photos: Zarif attends ‘Women, Sustainable Peace and Security’ conference
IRNA | Marziyeh Soleimani: Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif along with his wife participate in ‘Women, Sustainable Peace and Security’ conference which…