Iranian surrealist painter and senior research associate at Harvard University, Sara Ashrafi, has won the first prize at an annual gala held by the Massachusetts General Hospital for the best painting about the Alzheimer’s disease.Read More
Two Iranian girls with an interest in repairing vehicles are now learning how to become mechanics in defiance of the fact that the occupation is mostly male-dominated.Read More
Participants in the Beijing+25 Regional Review in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo: UN WomenIn 2020, the world will mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action the most visionary agenda for women’s rights and empowerment everywhere. To prepare for the milestone anniversary, Member...Read More
Iran’s Azad University women’s team wrote their name in the history, winning the first-ever medal at the International University Sports Federation (FISU) University World Cup - 3x3 on Sunday.Read More
Fateme Rake’ei, a former parliamentarian, has said reformists, particularly females, are resolved to seriously contest the February parliamentary elections.Read More
There is a common message coming from women affected by conflict, and actors who are concerned with women, peace and security matters, whether it is women in Afghanistan, Libya, Sudan, Burundi, the Philippines, DRC, Yemen, Colombia or Kurdish and Yazidi women. Whether it is the youth who are here for this week, or the global focal...Read More
Iranian director Behzad Khodaveisi’s movie “Daughters of Winter” was crowned best feature film at the 1st edition of the Alter do Chão Film Festival in the Brazilian city of Santarém on Sunday.Read More
Zeinab Shaban, a thirty-four-year-old Afghan woman who is living in Iran, has launched a successful business and manufactures hospital clothing to help Afghan and Iranian staff.Read More
Iran’s national football team pulled off a landslide victory over Cambodia, to send them well clear at the top of Group C, in a day when Iranian women were allowed to freely attend the stadium for the first time in 40 years.Read More
