This discussion will be presented by WLP and Equality Without Reservation as a parallel event at the 59th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Panelists from MENA regions will draw on experience working as human and women's rights defenders at grassroots, regional, and international levels.
A documentary released in the year 2000 about contemporary post-revolutionary Iranian society seen through the lens of CNN journalist and Iranian native Christiane Amanpour, who left Iran in 1980 in the wake of the so-called "Islamic Revolution" of 1979. The documentary centers on conflicts between cultural conservatives and reformers, Iranian President Mohammad Khatami's reformist agenda, and the future of Iranian society.
This panel discussion is presented by Collective for Research and Training on Development-Action (CRTD-A) and WLP as a parallel event at the 56th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Panelists from the MENA region will explore key issues related to the economic rights of rural women in the MENA region.
A short documentary about women fighting to maintain their rights in Iraq after the American invasion in 2003, and the subsequent fight between cultural conservatives and women's rights activists for the future of Iraq.
