A group of Iranian female bakers from the city of Khanuk in Kerman Province, southern Iran, have baked 3,000 local breads to send to flood-stricken areas of the country.Read More
A bill has been presented to the Iranian parliament that would enable Iranian mothers to pass their nationality to their children. That was announced by Iranian First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri at the National Women and Science Festival on Monday. “Earlier, it was only possible to grant Iranian citizenship to children whose fathers were Iranian,...Read More
Sonia Maribel Sontay Herrera is an indigenous woman and human rights defender from Guatemala. Her vision is for Guatemala to respect the rights of indigenous women and hear their voices.Read More
Iranian women’s weightlifters will take part at the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships in China. The competition will also serve as a qualifying event for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships will be held from 18th to 28th April 2019 at Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China. The Iranian weightlifters...Read More
Iran will send a team of seven women to the 2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships, in a sign of a continuing commitment to women’s weightlifting. Although weightlifting is a very popular sport for men in Iran, historically women have not participated in it, being barred from training halls and competitions. Efforts have been made to...Read More
Movie-lovers have the chance to check out some incredible films at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival this week. The St. Anthony main theater will screen films on all five screens, all week long, featuring filmmakers from more than 70 different countries. About 50,000 spectators are expected to come out for the event....Read More
The Indonesian Ministry of Women Empowerment hosted the first meeting for implementing the memorandum of understanding signed by Iran and Indonesia in women’s and family affairs. Zahra Javaherian, a senior advisor to President Hassan Rouhani, attended the meeting which was held at the Indonesian city of Semarang, IRNA reported. During the five-day meeting, which started...Read More
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Syrian Kurds repatriated 25 women and children from Iraq’s Izadi group after freeing them during the final push against Daesh, a local official said. The Syrian Kurdish fighters say they rescued some 300 Izadi women and children during the fight to take the militants’ last scrap of territory in eastern Syria....Read More
Two Iranian short films, ‘Frouzan’ by Mirabbas Kosravinezhad and ‘Oblivion’ by Fatemeh Mohammadi, have won awards at the 2nd Shahu International Film Festival in India. Directed by Mirabbas Kosravinezhad, ‘Oblivion’ won the Special Jury Award at the second edition of Shahu International Film Festival in India. Another Iranian short, ‘Oblivion’ directed by Fatemeh Mohammadi,...Read More
A newly-wed couple from the city of Mianeh in Iran’s East Azarbaijan province has donated their wedding expenses to flood-stricken people. The young couple went to the Iranian Red Crescent Society’s Office in their city and donated their wedding money (over 350 USD) to their fellow countrymen. In addition, the couple asked their relatives to...Read More
