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Situation of Women

Papers & Reports:

• Report by the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences:
  Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy:

E/CN.4/1995/42 (para. 170)

• Iranian Embassy response to the case of PARI TAII -Worldwide Appeal Case November 1995, Amnesty Int'l, MDE 13/012/1996, 6 May, 1996
• The Legal Status of Women In the Family in Iran, Sima Pakzad, In the Eye of the Storm, Afkhami & Friedl(ed.) 1996
• Status of Women in Iran: fact Sheet, The Committee for Humanitarian Assistance to Iranian Refugees, January 1996
• Separate and Unequal: Women in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Y. Saadatmand, Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, 18(4)(1995)
• Women's Right Are Human Rights And Human Rights Are Universal, Iranian Human Rights Working Group (IHRWG), 5th September 1995
• Urgent Action, Death Penalty, Saba 'Abd' Ali (f), aged 30, Zaynab Haydari (f), aged 38, MDE 13/11/1995, 14 July 1995 (execution by stoning)
• Iran : the subjection of women, Parliamentary Human Rights Group - [London], November 1994
• Human Rights Briefs: Women in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Research Directorate, Documentation, Information & Research Branch. Immigration and Refugee Board, Ottawa, June 1994
• Iran: situation of divorced Iranian women on their return to their home country, Response to Information RequestNumber: IRN00004.HCR, The Centre for Documentation on Refugees, UNHCR, Geneva, 4 June 1993
• Women In the Front Line: Human Rights Violations Against Women, Amnesty International Publications, 1991
• Women, Modernization and Revolution in Iran, Haideh Moghissi, Review of Radical Political Economics, Vol. 23 (3 & 4) 1991
• Iran: Women Prisoners of Conscience, Amnesty International, May 1990
• Government's Control and Resistance of Female Students in the Iranian University, Shahrzad Mojab, Iranian Women's Studies Foundation, Harvard University, May 12, 1990
• Women From Iran, Shahrzad Mojab, in The Socio-Cultural Context to Refugee Claims Made by Women, Case Studies: IRAN, Somalia and Latin AMerica-CRDD Workshop of Women Refugee Claimants, Toronto, June 21 1990
• Understanding Women Claimant's, Noel Saint-Pierre, UNHCR Regional Legal Officer, Montreal, in CRDD Workshop of Women Refugee Claimants, Toronto, June 21 1990
• Women as a Social Group: Recognizing Sex-Based Persecution as Grounds for Asylum, by David Neal, Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Vol 20:1, 203-257
• The Gender Difference: Feminist Critiques of Refugee Discourse, Jaqueline Greatbatch. International Journal of Refugee Law, Vol. 1. No.4 518 1989.
• The International Protection of Women Refugees-A Summary of principal Problems and Issues, International Journal of Refugee Law 221, 1989
• Oppression of Iranian Women and Refugee Status, by R.P.G. Haines and Ngaire Woods, November 1986
• Criminal Law and the Legal System in Revolutionary Iran, 8 Boston College Third World L. J. 1988
• The Islamic Government's Policy on Women's Access to Higher Education and its Impact on the Socio Economic Status of Women, Shahrzad Mojab, in Women in International Development: Working Papers, Michigan State University, Dec. 1987
• The Effect of Islamization on the Legal and Social Status of Women in Iran, Alexander J. Zolan, Boston College Third World Journal, Vol. 7:183, 1987
• Oppression of Women & Refugee Status, in Int'l Seminar of Refugee Women (Amsterdam: Dutch Refugee Council, 1985)
• The Legal, Social and Political Position of Women in Iran, 13 Int'l J. SOC L. 47, 55, 1985
• Woman's Place and the Place of Women in the Iranian Revolution, Y. Haddad & E. Findly eds., Darrow, in Women, Religion and Social Change, 1985
• The Legal, Social and Political Position of Women in Iran, Haleh Afshar, International Journal of the Sociology of the Law, 1985, 13.
• The Women's Movement in Iran: A Hopeful Prognosis, Azar Tabari, Feminist Studies, Vol. 12, No 2, Summer 1986
• Women & Shii Ulama in Iran, Mahdavi, 10 Mid. E. Stud., 17, 23, 1983 (contains translation of Toziholmassael)
• Iranian Women: The Struggle Since the Revolution, M. Davies ed., the London Iranian Women's Liberation Group, Third World--Second Sex, 143, 153, 1983
• Revolutionary Islam in Iran, S. Irfani (1983)
• The Wrath of Allah, B. Nima (1983)

Books:

• Women in the Middle East: Perceptions, Realities and Struggles for Liberation, Haleh Afshar. Macmillan. 1993
• Marriage on trial : a study of Islamic family law, Mir-Hosseini, Ziba, London ; New York : I.B. Tauris : St. Martin's Press [distributor], 1993.
• Women and Gender in Islam & Historical Roots of a Modern Debate, Leila Ahmed, Yale University Press, 1992
• Women, State and Ideology in Iran, 7 Third World Quarterly, 256, 268, April 1985
• The Spirit of Allah: Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution, A. Taheri, 1985
• Women & Revolution in Iran, G. Nashat ed. 1983
• Women of Iran: The Conflict with Fundamentalist Islam, F. Azari ed., London, Ithaca Press 190, 219 1983
• In the Shadow of Islam, A. Tabari, N. Yeganeh eds, 1982
• The Women's Rights Movement in Iran: Mutiny, Appeasement, and Repression from 1900 to Khomeini, E. Sanasarian, 1982
• Law of Hodoud and Qasas (Punishment and Retribution) and Provisions Thereof, Translated by Masouduzzafar Samimi Kia. Pars Associates. Tehran, Iran

Newspaper Articles & Radio Broadcasts:

• Iran Stones Six to Death, The Associated Press (AP) , October 26, 1997
• Iranian women make quiet revolution behind veil,Christophe Roqueffeul, Agence France Presse, May 18, 1997
• Iran issues stricter Islamic dress code for women, Agence France Presse, February 20, 1997
• 'Badly-dressed' women arrested in Tehran, Agence France Presse, December 16, 1996
• two iranian women sentenced for abortion operations , Xinhua News Agency, SEPTEMBER 11, 1996(NEXIS)
• THE CAGED BIRDS OF PARADISE, Susannah Jowitt, Associated Newspapers Ltd, October 16, 1996(NEXIS)
• iran bans women to run for presidential election, Xinhua News Agency, NOVEMBER 18, 1996
Ayatollah Khamene'i speaks on women's rights, BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, November 5, 1996(NEXIS)
• Backlash of Intolerance Stirring Fear in Iran, Neil macFARQUHAR, New York Times, Sept. 20, 1996
• Iranian party-goers to receive 10 lashes, Agence France Presse, August 24, 1996
• Dozens of Iranian women arrested for un-Islamic dress, Agence France Presse, November 30, 1996
• Iranian women disrespecting Islamic dress code to face imprisonment, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, July 30, 1996(NEXIS)
• 3 iranian women arrested on charges of abortion, Xinhua News Agency, DECEMBER 11, 1995(NEXIS)
• Thousands protest against "loose" dress for women in Tehran, Agence France Presse, November 13, 1995(NEXIS)
• Iranian groups clash at conference, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, September 11, 1995(NEXIS)
• Women's forum declares war on religious fundamentalism, Agence France Presse, September 01, 1995(NEXIS)
• Hardliners call for stricter Islamic law in Tehran rally, Agence France Presse, May 5, 1996
  
• Second class citizens, Free Labor World, Publication of International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, June 1995
• Repression, Inflation and Graft Feeding, Disillusionment in Iran, New York Times, May 30, 1995
• Life in Iran: A Tale of Torture and Suffering for Women, Chicago tribune, January 8, 1995
• WOMEN OF IRAN 'TREATED AS SUBHUMANS',The Observer, December 4, 1994(NEXIS)
• Iranian news agency slams dpa, rejects "gender apartheid" tag, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, July 27, 1994(NEXIS)
• Terror Governs Iranian Women, The Ottawa Citizen. 8 December 1994
• Women in Iran 'treated as sub-humans', Margaret Coles, The Observer, Dec. 4, 1994
• Wives divorced from justice in male-dominated Iran, The Globe and Mail. November 18, 1994
• Iranian 'Gender Apartheid' Policy Meant to Protect Women , Bizhan Torabi The Ottawa Citizen.. 23 August 1994(NEXIS)
• In Iran a parallel life takes shape for women When a man and a woman look at each other outside marriage, the devil smiles, say the ayatollahs, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, July 23, 1994(NEXIS)
• Iranian women watch live football for first time in 15 years,Agence France Presse, July 18, 1994(NEXIS)
• PULLING BACK THE VEIL; How a new breed of Islamic feminists is dragging women in Iran towards QBY:, Kathy Evans, The Guardian, June 28, 1994(NEXIS)
• HOW DOES A GIRL GET A DATE WHEN SEX CARRIES A PRISON SENTENCE?, The Observer, April 11, 1994(NEXIS)
• IRANIAN WOMAN BURNED HERSELF TO DEATH, PAPER SAYS, Reuters World Service, February 25, 1994(NEXIS)
• Iran launches women-only taxis in new segregation move, Agence France Presse, February 5, 1994(NEXIS)
• Academic sets herself alight, Middle East Times. March 20, 1994
• Iranian Woman stoned to death for adultery paper, Reuters. March 3, 1994.
• Price of Honor; Muslim Women lift the veil of silence on the Islamic world, Jan Goodman. 1994. Excerpt on Iran.
• Iran's Rulers Seek to Tighten Their Grip, The Wall Street Journal, 1994
• Walk in Fear, Economist, July 23, 1994
• Iran decides letting women go to soccer games is a bad idea, San Jose Mercury, July 22, 1994
• Alert, Homa Darabi, Psychologist and University Professor Dies Protesting Treatment of Women in Iran by Setting Herself on Fire, Sisterhood is Global, Feb. 1994
• Wearing the Veil, Under Penalty of Death, The New York Times, April 1, 1994
• Sexual Apartheid in Iran, Mahin Hassibi, On the Issues, Fall 1994
• Khamene'i says women best suited to work at home but should do other things too, BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, December 1, 1993 (NEXIS)
• Tearing Off The Veil, Vanity Fair, August 1993
• Mobilizing against Evils of Western Pop Culture, Chris Hedges, New York Times, July 21, 1993
• Iranians crack down on 'unsuitable' dress (RT) , WT, June 24, 1993
• IRANIAN WOMEN SENTENCED TO FLOGGING FOR DRESS, Reuters, June 24, 1993 (NEXIS)
• 500 IRANIAN WOMEN HELD IN ISLAMIC DRESS CRACKDOWN, Reuters,June 23 1993 (NEXIS)
• 800 Iranians detained in Islamic dress crackdown, Daily Challenge, June 24, 1993
• Iran Cracks Down on Dress CodeChicago Tribune July 11, 1993
• More than 800 men and women have been detained in Tehran...., Guardian Weekly. July 4, 1993
• Hundreds detained as Iran gets tough on dress violations, The Toronto Star. June 24, 1993
• World in Brief; Iran; 802 detained for flouting dress codeLos Angeles Times. June 24, 1993
• Iran Dress-Code Crackdown, The New York Times, June 23, 1993
• Iran cracks down on women's dress, against social corruption, Agence France Presse. June 21, 1993.
• Mullahs look askance as the Iranians look to the West; Charles Richards in Tehran finds the revolution is out and Deep Purple are in, The Independent. June 20, 1993.
• Iranian tribal women beheaded for crimes of honor, BC cycle. February 18, 1993.
• Fundamentalist brigades spread terror in Iran, The Ottawa Citizen. February 5, 1993.
• Sons of Islam pursue women who break the ayatollah's code, The Times. February 2, 1993.
• In Iran, The Chador Has Begun to Chafe, Nora Boustany, New York Times, Oct. 26, 1992
• Euro-parliament raps repression of Iranian women, Agence France Presse, September 17, 1992
• Iranian Women: Cover up, quick, The Economist. August 22, 1992
• Paint splashed on Iran Women in un-Islamic dress, Reuters, August 5, 1992
• Iran: Women held in dress crackdown, Global and Mail. August 5, 1992
• Iran Opposition says hundreds of women arrested, Reuter Library Report. July 30, 1992
• Social Reforms Out as Iran Takes Turn to the Right, Los Angles Times, Sept. 29, 1992
• Euro Parliament raps repression of Iranian women, Agence France Presse, Sept. 17, 1992
• UN Body attacks Iran over Human Rights, Reuters, August 27, 1992
• Iranian Women face Crackdown for Breaking Islamic dress code, Toronto Star, August 5, 1992
• Women second-class citizens legally and socially in Iran, Toronto Star. June 3, 1992.
• Slowly Fighting Back, Toronto Star, June 2, 1992.
• From the Back Seat in Iran, Murmurs of Unrest, The New York Times. April 23, 1992.
• Helping Women Raise Sights in Islamic Society, The New York Times. March 14, 1992.
• Valcourt to Review Woman's Expulsion, Toronto Star Oct. 22 1991
• Sea walls separate men bathers from women in Iran, Agence France Presse, October 11, 1991(NEXIS)
• Renewed controls on Iranian women not respecting wearing of veils, Agence France Presse, August 7, 1991(NEXIS)
• IRANIAN LEADER CALLS FOR ELIMINATING WESTERN VALUES OF LUXURY, Reuters, January 7, 1991(NEXIS)
• Iranian Prosecutor Denies Death Sentence Against Unveiled Women, The Associated Press. August 17, 1991
• Iran threatens death for unveiled women, WT, August 16, 1991
• Iran's 'veil squad' outlaws peepholes, WT August 7, 1991
• Untold Stories: Iranian Women and Islamic Revolution, by S.P. (with Ann Roche), Sojourner: The Women's Forum, July 1991
• 300 arrested in clash over Iran's dress rules, San Jose Mercury, July 30, 1991
• Resisting Dress Laws Is Old Hat for Iran Women, San Francisco Chronicle, June 12, 1991
• Inch by Inch, Iranian Women Let Their Hair Down, Katayon Ghazi, New York Times, June 11, 1991
• To have and to hold-for a While, Iranians try 'temporary marriages' to 'satiate sexual needs', San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 17, 1991