Mansoureh Shojaee

Mansoureh Shojaee, born 1958 in Tehran - Iran, is a leading Iranian women's rights activist and writer. Mansoureh Shojaee is one of the founding members of the One Million Signatures Campaign, attempting to collect a million signatures for women's equal rights. As a part of the campaign she has taken part in protests that have been violently silenced.

In the 1990s Shojaee, along with e.g. Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani and some others, established the Women's Cultural Centre (Markaz-e Farhangi-ye Zanan), which since then has been a center for forming opinions, analyzing and documenting the women's issues in Iran.She is also one of the founding members of Sediqeh Dowlatabadi's library.^[1] The Library is for Iranian women and about Iranian women' researchers.^[2]

Mansoureh Shojaee along with Shirin Ebadi established "Iranian Women Museum" in Iran.^[3]

Mansoureh Shojaee was arrested at her home in the early hours of December 29 after Ashura Protests.^[4]

Police agents arrived to her home at 11:30 p.m. on 28 December 2009 and waited for her with her son present, until Shojaee and her husband arrived home at 3:30a.m. The agents then arrested Shojaee and transferred her to prison.^[5] Police officials inspected her house and collected some of her personal belongings as well as her mobile phone and computer, before taking her to prison.^[6]

Security officials refused to reveal the location of her detention or the charge she has been arrested for.^[7]

Shojaee^[8] was arrested twice before;^[9] once in the airport while she was traveling to New Delhi^[10] for an educational journalism workshop on January 26, 2007,^[11] and for the second time,^[12] during campaign activities in Khorramabad on September 14, 2007. Since then she has not been allowed her passport and is prohibited^[13] to leave the country.^[14]

Mansoureh Shojaee wrote an article about Ashura Protest^[15] before she was arrested.^[16]

some her articles:

We're Encountering Unlistening Ears: But Iranian Mothers and Daughters are Screaming [1]

A Journey to the Seven Loveless Realms of Violence on the Anniversary of Universal Day to Stop Violence against Women [2]

The Women Goat sellers of Minab: Workers? Sheppards? Wives? Mothers?..... [3]

The Daughters of Happy Alleys and Safe Streets/The Daughters of Murderous Cities and Blood-Spattered Land [4]

The History of International Women’s Day in Iran [5]

Zur kampagne „Eine Million Unterschriften für Gleichberechtigung“ [6]

See also

• 2009 Ashura protests

References

1. ^ Bad Jens -Inauguration of the Women’s Library and Resource Center on March 8, 2005
2. ^ The Feminist School
3. ^ Archive | Deutsche Welle^{[dead link]}
4. ^ Iran: Call for release of human rights defenders and prisoners of conscience | Women Reclaiming and Redefining Cultures
5. ^ Maria de França, Mansoureh Shojaii arrétée en Iran - La Règle du Jeu
6. ^ Change for Equality
7. ^ http://www.roozonline.com/english/interview/interview/article/2008/september/01//current-laws-are-for-primitive-societies.html^{[dead link]}
8. ^ Azadeh Pourzand: A Beautiful Angel in a Dark Prison
9. ^ The Feminist School
10. ^ Iran: Increasing attacks on Women Human Rights Defenders / January 30, 2007 / Urgent Interventions / Violence against women / OMCT
11. ^ Mansoureh Shojaei | Front Line
12. ^ Do Signature Campaign Activists Belong on Trial? | Women News Network
13. ^ Iran: More Social Figures Barred from Exiting Country
14. ^ Sister Of Iran's Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi Arrested
15. ^ 2009 Ashura protests
16. ^ The Feminist School

External links

• Interview with Mansoureh Shojaee, Parastoo Forouhar and Nasrin Sotudeh

References

Mass Arrests of Women and Civil Society Activists in Iran Continue [7]

Arrest of 19 Activists from the Women’s Movement, Women Journalists and Civil Activists [8]

Help Free Courageous Iranian Activists / Feminist Majority [9]

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