Lifelines: The Poetry of Human Rights, 2018 features readings by leading women poets during the 62nd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York City, March 20, 2018.
This event will feature readings by leading women poets during the 62nd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York City, 2018. Abena Busia, Jamila Reddy, Fatemeh Shams, and Michelle Yasmine Valladares present.
Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) founder and President Mahnaz Afkhami speaks with host Lili Sadr of Voice of America's Zan-e Emrooz (Today's Woman) about the evolution of the global women's movement through grassroots mobilization and technological innovation, and the role of WLP in spreading ideas, knowledge, and curricula for activists.
Mahnaz Afkhami discusses the history of Family Law and Personal Status Law in Iran in the pre- and post-1979 revolution eras. At the time of the interview in late 2008, a new, regressive Family Protection bill was introduced by the ruling Administration that sparked widespread reaction in Iranian society.
