Iran Rooyan

03/27/2014

http://iranian.com/posts/view/post/30339

Iran is facing a socioeconomic issue in women’s unemployment. According to an article published in the March 2014 issue of Iran Economics, only 13%...

03/27/2014

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1403/S00324/un-security-council-must-consider-irans-rights-abuses.htm

More than 110 members of both Houses of Parliament including Chairpersons of Parliamentary Committees, former Ministers and religious leaders supported a statement about the Iranian women’s struggle for freedom and gender equality.

03/27/2014

http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/03/05/285785498/iranian-women-make-a-push-for-greater-opportunities

A new bloom of activist movements have been spurred by the election of President Hassan Rouhani. And women — many of them educated but without job prospects — are at the forefront.

03/27/2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/opinion/sunday/kristof-he-was-supposed-to-take-a-photo.html?_r=0

After being forced into child po*******hy by her parents at age 4, Raven Kaliana is now fighting against child abusers.

03/27/2014

Only 1 in 10 perpetrators of gender-based violence are convicted of their crime.

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01/24/2013

http://iranrooyan.org/874/

Source: National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women January 23, 2013 VAWA Reintroduced Yesterday- Take Action Today by Contacting Your Senators! [...]

01/22/2013

http://iranrooyan.org/855/

توضیحات یک نماینده درباره لایحه جدید گذرنامه ؛ خروج دختران از کشور دختران برای اینکه طعمه قاچاقچیان نشوند باید از پدران شان اجازه بگیرندشنبه 30 [...]...

01/18/2013

http://iranrooyan.org/842/

01/18/2013

http://iranrooyan.org/839/

Source: The Guardian by: Saeed Kamali Dehghan January 17, 2013 Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been temporarily released after spending more than two years in jail, accord...

01/18/2013

http://iranrooyan.org/835/

Source: Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty By: Golnaz Esfandiari January 16, 2013 The national security committee of the Iranian parliament is considering a bill that [...]

10/29/2012

Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been on hunger strike since the morning of 17 October 2012 in protest at the authorities’ denial of her repeated requests to have face-to-face meetings with her family. She is a prisoner of conscience and should be released immediately and unconditiona...

10/19/2012

storm for Nasrin Friday at 1pm EST. Free Nasrin Sotoudeh!