Political Islam

A documentary from American journalist Carl Rowan (1925-2000) about rising political tensions in Iran released in 1978, one year before the revolution. Opens with a background history of the Iranian Revolution, including interviews with a student dissent the head of SAVAK, and Mohommad Reza Shah Pahlavi, who was still the king at the time of the interview. 

An account of the military and diplomatic relationship between the United States and Iran in the period of time just before the revolution. The scope of the documentary ends just before Mohommad Reza Shah Pahlavi was admitted to the United States for cancer treatment, leading to the protests that resulted in the downfall of his government.

This documentary film explores the rise of the fundamentalist political movement in the moderate Islamic society of Morocco in the early years of the US War on Terror, prior to the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

The Generation Equality Forum (June and July 2021) called for strong commitments by civil society, governments, and individuals to transform structures and systems of power to lead to gender equality. As part of the GEF, WLP joined international allies in making commitments to conduct research and advocacy to promote equality in the family.