Montly Archive January 2014
Iran: Further Information: Iranian hunger strikers’ health failing
Iran: Iranian student held for peaceful activism: Maryam Shafi’ Pour
Identity and its Discontents: Women and the nation
Source: Women Living under Muslim Laws Publication Author: Deniz Kandiyoti Date: October 2004 Despite the extensive literature on nationalism, there are relatively few systematic attempts to analyse women’s integration into nationalist projects. The few there […]
Monday، 13 January، 2014Iran: Charter of Citizens’ Rights must enshrine human rights for all
A draft Iranian HR charter being consulted on this month by the Office of the President should be amended to address major gaps in the protection of human rights, Amnesty International urged.
Monday، 13 January، 2014Iraq: gendering authoritarianism
Source: Open Democracy Women in Iraq bear the brunt of increasing levels of gender-based violence, inadequate infrastructure and poverty. Yet women activists recognize that their struggle for equality and social justice as women cannot be […]
Monday، 13 January، 2014Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 50 year VI
Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 50 year VI
Thursday، 9 January، 2014Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
The General Assembly, Reaffirming the importance of the observance of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations for the promotion and protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all […]
Tuesday، 7 January، 2014Afghan children are ‘rented’ out to beggars
By Kreshma Fakhri Begging on the street has spawned a vicious practice: beggar mafia are renting children in Kabul, and drugging them with opium to ply their trade. Afghan cities are seeing Pakistani beggars in […]
Tuesday، 7 January، 2014Reporters Without Borders, short video on Freedom of Press 2013
Herat Women’s Film Fest Seeks to Bring ‘Change’
Afghan Zar Riza By Syed Zafar Mehdi The second edition of Herat International Women’s Film Festival to be held in March 20014 seeks to provide platform to young filmmakers and change societal attitude towards women […]
Saturday، 4 January، 2014
