Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani

Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani is a notable Iranian journalist,^[1] women's rights activist^[2] and community activist.^[3]

She is one of the founding members ^[4] of One Million Signatures campaign.^{[5] [6]}She was also a founder of Women’s Cultural Center ^[7] (Markaz-e Farhangi-ye Zanan), which since then has been a center for forming opinions, analyzing and documenting the women's issues in Iran.^[8] This organisation had hold 2 demonstrations and meeting on 8 March in Laleh Park.^[9]

In 2007 she, together with Parvin Ardalan, was sentenced </ref> [19]</ref> to three years in prison for "threatening the national security" with her struggle for women's rights.^[10] Four more women's rights activists later received the same sentence.^[11] Noushin Ahmadi also together 31 Iranian women, was arrested on 4 March 2007 just before the women's day demonstrations.^[12]

Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani also wrote several books about women's movemenet in Iran.^[13] Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani was the 2004 winner of the Latifeh Yarshater Award, given by the Persian Heritage Foundation, for a book they co-authored about a leading Iranian political figure ^[14]

Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani was released on 22 September 2010 after she appeared before the Evin Prison Court “to provide some explanations,” and was informed of her charges.^[15] Khorasani was interrogated when she first appeared in court on Tuesday following a summons, and was asked to return the next day to meet with “case analysts.” On 23 September, she was informed of her charges of “propagation activities against the regime through: a) writing and publishing content against the regime on the Feminist School website,^[16] and b) participation in the illegal gatherings after the 2009 elections,”.^[17] After being informed of her charges, Khorasani defended herself and she was released to a custodian. She was released until her trial date.^[18]

Campaign

• Iranian Women's One Million Signatures Campaign for Equality: The Inside Story [20]

The One Million Signatures Campaign ^[19] for the Reform of Discriminatory Laws is an extraordinary phenomenon. It is democratic, nonhierarchical, open, and evolving in a polity that is none of those things. Iranian activist Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani chronicles the campaign’s efforts and provides a valuable case study of how to build a movement in the twenty-first century, not only to bring change in societies ruled by autocratic governments or influenced by radical fundamentalism, but also in the more open and tolerant societies that have yet to achieve full equality for women. [21]

• Iranian Women's Equality Calendar [22]

Articles in English

• The “One Million Signature Campaign”: Face- to- face, Street- to- street [23]
• Treating us Like Criminals! Pressures Increase on Activists Involved in the One Million Signatures Campaign [24]
• Signed with an X [25]
• Excerpts from "Three Generations of Women's Demands in Binds" [26]
• The Two Storytellers of the Women’s Prison And the Imaginary Literature of the One Million Signatures Campaign [27]
• The Government of Ahmadi-Nejad, Women’s Rights And the War of Civilisations [28]
• Campaign for One Million signature’s demands and the government of Ahmadinejad [29]
• Iranin Women's Calendar with chronology one Million Signature Campaign [30]
• Interview with Nooshin Ahmadi [31]
• Oral History- by Nooshin Ahmadi Khorasani [32]
• Face-to-Face approach, the symbol of struggle in the One Million Signature Campaign [33]
• Ten Days that Shook Iran: Green Movement and Women Movement [34]
• How Social Movements Can Change Iran [35]
• Interview with Simin Behbahani about Recent Attacks on Shirin Ebadi / by Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani [36]
• Le mouvement des femmes face à la question,Dialogue avec Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani et Parastou Dokouhaki [37]

See also

• Iranian women's movement
• Mina Ahadi
• Sakineh Ashtiani
• Shirin Ebadi
• Marina Nemat

References

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7. ^ CyrusNews.com - Cyrus News Agency English
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• Iran’s Million Signatures Campaign: A Leading Voice for Democracy [38]
• Iranian Women's Voices / Mahnaz Afkhami [39]
• Iran: Activists Arrested Ahead Of International Women's Day / Golnaz Esfandiari [40]
• Ideological Tyranny in Iranian Women's Studies / Golbarg Bashi [41]
• Iranian Women / Dr. Nayereh Tohidi [42]
• Iranian Women’s Equality Calendar / Elahe Amani [43]

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