Category: Articles
Together Against Homosexuality Defiance
Author: Rezvan Moghadam Until 25 years ago, homosexuality was considered a disease. A few years ago, only four letters were commonly used to group different sexuality and sexuality minorities [1]. With the advancement in...
Feminism and Peace: Do Women Want Peace or Supremacy?
Author Shahla Abqari: Men’s treatment of the feminist movement led me to review and republish one of the articles I wrote several years ago on women’s peace. Especially when many talk about feminism, they...
A Glimpse at “honor” killings, Result of 1220 Cases over 20 Years
By,Rezvan Moghaddam Honor killing is the killing of a family member (usually a woman) because the perpetrators believe that the victim is a so-called “disgrace” to the family. Common reasons include divorce or separation...
Victim of a Child Marriage and “honor” in Ahvaz
By Rezvan Moghadam, Spokeswoman for the Stop honor Killings Campaign, On Saturday, February 5th, 2022, in Ahvaz, a young man, in front of the people frightened eyes, while holding his 17-years old wife’s decapitated...
Ghesas[1](Retaliation) a Premeditated Murder and a Reactionary Law that Does not Meet the Needs of Today’s Humanity
Rezvan Moghaddam On June 8th, 2021, the burnt body of Galaleh Sheikhi was discovered on the Sanandaj-Saqez road by the Galaleh family and the city’s intelligence agents after fourteen days of her missing. How...
Awareness about LGBTQ people
By:Dr. Rezvan Moghaddam Every year between November 13 and 19, civil organizations and activists participate in Awareness Week about the transgender population to help increase their visibility and address the problems faced by members...
Honor killings in Iran during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Response of Women’s Rights Activists
by: Rezvan Moghaddam An honor killing, is the murder of a member of a family, (mostly a women) due to the perpetrators’ belief that the victim has brought so-called disgrace upon the family. Typical...
Three Thousand Victims of Honor Killings in an Unkown Grave in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region
Parvin Zabihi Women in Iraq live in the shadow of war, terror, tribal and ethnic prejudices in addition to the corrupt political and nationalist parties. The unequal economic and cultural norms which are biased...
