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Join us, the Women
of Iran
Call for Support of March 8 International Women’s Day Protest in Iran
The history of the past century in Iran, from Constitutional Revolution to Islamic Republic, has been the struggle of women for the most fundamental of rights; human rights. The oppression of women increased since the Islamic Republic came to power in 1979. All the basic rights of women such as education, jobs, marriage, the right to divorce, child custody, clothing, etc. has been under attack, relegating them to second class citizens. Nevertheless, women have used any opportunity to fight back either in their daily lives or symbolically on International Women’s Day. This Year, they are planning another protest on March 8 to demand fundamental change in the Islamic Republic Constitution incorporating gender equality, Democracy and release of all prisoners of conscious.
Join us in support of Iranian Women Struggle for Equality, Democracy, Justice, and Peace
Contact Information: 408-313-5186 Web site: http://www.march8.org Email: contact@march8.org
*************************Atlanta*************************** The walk in Atlanta will begin across from CNN building March 8 2006 4:00 PM Wednesday Organizing committee: March 8 Walk in Atlanta Information 770-698-0851 march8inatlanta@inbox.com ********************** San Diego ************************ Southern California March 8 committee Place: Downtown Time:7:00 -10:00 AM Web site: http:\\march8.org Information: 885-676-0319 ****************** Northern California****************** San Jose March 8 demonstration Coordinating committee San Jose: Downtown, 4th and San Fernando St. In front of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Time: Wednesday march 8, 4:00- 7:00 Information: 408-313 5186 Web site: http:\\march8.org Email: contact@march8.org
*************************** Texas ************************* Dallas Join us to commemorate the historic struggle to improve women's lives
Time: Wednesday, March 8 2006, from 11:00 am to 2:00 PM
Place: Ferris Plaza, Houston @ Young across from Dallas Morning News
Sponsor: Iranian Women Association of Dallas contact information 214-686-6357
******************* Washington D.C. ********************
Wed March 8 at 12:00 -2:30 PM March/Rally to Deliver petition with 100,000
signatures to the White House. Washington D.C.: (corner of 18th and P,
NW, one block east of Dupont Circle on P street) Iranianwomenforpeace @yahoo.com
******************* Orange County, CA.***************** March 8 2006 Place: Downtown Time:5:30- 7:30 PM Information & contact: 949-5744767 Orange County, Mach 8 committee RAN. PETITION TO SAVE NAZANIN
To the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan The year that has just begun has been marked in Iran by news of a
death sentence handed down to a girl, Nazanin, for murder. Iran: Self-Immolation Of Kurdish
Women Brings Concern
The Kurdistan Human Rights Organization is expressing concern over the self-immolation of Kurdish women in Iran's Western Azerbaijan Province. The organization has published the name of more than 150 Kurdish women who have committed suicide in the past nine months, the majority of them by setting themselves on fire. Observers and activists say self-immolation of women is also happening in some other Western provinces of Iran that have large Kurdish populations, such as Ilam, Kermanshah, and Kurdistan. Domestic violence, social injustice, and discrimination are cited as the main reasons for self- immolation among women. Soccer, women's rights a winning combo in "Offside"
Burnt City Women Picky on Fashion LONDON, (CAIS) -- Women living 5,000 years ago in the Burnt City in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan were fastidious when it came to fashion, sporting the latest trends in designer dresses and jewelry.
Graves of women excavated in the devastated city each contained a funerary urn filled with eye liners, combs and jewelries, revealing their craving for fashion was trend-setter, said Mansour Sajjadi, head of the archeological team conducting studies in the Burnt City .
One of the prominent relics found in the Burnt City is a skull believed to be the first evidence of brain surgeries in prehistoric Persia .
Reform in Iranian Women Dresses? "Maybe this is the End"
Tehran, 24 January 2006-Seminar of Iranian Women National Dress was canceled yesterday due to the absence of authorities, high ranking officials and guests from other organizations. Ms. Mahla Zamani, a fashion designer and editor of "Lotus", the first Persian Fashion Journal, who has spent 13 years on designing dresses which correspond to Iranian culture and are in compliance with the time demands, had planned to hold a seminar on Iranian Women National Dress yesterday in Tehran with the presence of authorities, high ranking officials, representatives from Iran' Parliament and Tehran Municipality as well as many other well-known figures from universities and governmental organizations to discuss the possible ways for designing a national dress for Iranian women. Unfortunately, except for a few guest speakers, no one else showed up which resulted in the cancellation of the seminar all together. "I have devoted all my life in designing a national dress that is derived from Iranian history and culture, especially after the speech of the leader of Islamic Republic of Iran about the necessity of designing special Islamic-Iranian dresses, I have tried my best to fulfill this task. Now it feels discouraging to see no one is support my ideas," Zamani said to CHN correspondent with grief. This is while Zamani had made great efforts to hold a fruitful seminar by inviting some prominent guests and university professors as well as government officials as speakers of this seminar. "Despite the official invitation that I had sent out and the support I was promised, among all the authorities that I had invited, no one came here today. Maybe this is the end, maybe others can do something in this regard in the future," she added with regret. Last week Zamani held an exhibition of Iranian women dresses at National Commission of UNESCO office in Tehran which received a large number of visitors and was a huge success. Japan bill to let women on throne
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