Parvin Ardalan

Parvin Ardalan, born 1967 in Tehran, is a leading Iranian women's rights activist, writer and journalist.[1] She was awarded the Olof Palme Prize in 2007 for her struggle for equal rights for men and women in Iran.[2]

Career

In the 1990s Ardalan, along with e.g. Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani, 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.[3] Since 2005 the organization has published Iran's first online magazine on women's rights, Zanestan, with Ardalan as its editor. In its constant struggle against censorship – the magazine comes back with a new name all the time – the newspaper has dealt with marriage, prostitution, education, AIDS, and violence against women.

One Million Signatures Campaign

Ardalan is one of the founding members of the One Million Signatures Campaign,[4] 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 2007 she, together with Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani, was sentenced to three years in prison for "threatening the national security" with their struggle for women's rights. Four more women's rights activists later received the same sentence.

Citizenship

In 2012 the Swedish Migration Board decided that Ardalan would be granted permanent residency in Sweden, where she had moved 3 years earlier. [5]

Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Olof Palme Prize 2007
  2. 1 2 "Palme Prize to Iranian Women’s Rights Activist". Huliq.com. 2008-02-14. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
  3. ↑ Ullberg, Sara (2008-03-08). "Palmepristagare stoppades på flyget". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2008-03-04.
  4. ↑ Change for Equality, Official site of One million signatures campaign
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.