Wikipedia: Mahnaz Afkhami, is Founder and President of Women's Learning Partnership (WLP). She is also the Executive Director of Foundation for Iranian Studies and former Minister of Women's Affairs of Iran. She founded the Association of Iranian University Women and served as Secretary General of the Women's Organization of Iran prior to the Islamic revolution. Living in exile in the United States, Afkhami has been an advocate of women's rights for more than three decades, having founded and headed several international non-governmental organizations focused on advancing the status of women >>>
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magnificent lady
by Fatollah on Sat Feb 26, 2011 03:08 PM PSTshe is indeed a great lady.
My discovery!
by comments on Fri Feb 25, 2011 02:06 PM PSTI haven't been around long, but I have noticed that DK knows everything about individual's relatives. It's so nice and entertaing to care and be curious.
"She is a great lady and her husband..."
Enjoy your weekends all.
I don't know of her but sound like a great lady
by Bavafa on Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:22 AM PSTAnd any one working on human rights and women issue will have my respect and gratitude.
Mehrdad
Great Lady !
by Darius Kadivar on Fri Feb 25, 2011 09:45 AM PST'I was Iran's last woman minister' (bbc)
Her Husband also wrote a major biography on the Shah (equally interesting and important as that of Abbas Milani ):
Gholam Reza Afkhami HISTORY FORUM (VIDEO: at Carnegie Endowment)
Interview with Gholam Reza Afkhami (AUDIO: irandokht.com)
Recommended Watching:
pictory: Promotional Film on Women during Pahlavi Era (1970's)
Related Photos:
pictory: Female Ministers in Pahlavi Era (1970's)
pictory: Mahnaz Afkhami and Shahbanou Farah in Lorestan (1976)
Mahnaz Afkhami International Women's Conference in Mexico City (1975)
Women's Day: Farah, Jihan, Mahnaz Tehran (1970's)
Women's Day: Reza Shah and Son visit School Girls (1930's)
Women's Day: First Women to Attend Tehran University (1940's/1950's)