Mahnaz Afkhami
Biographic Data
| ID | 1542273 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mahnaz Afkhami |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mahnaz |
| FAMILY NAME | Afkhami |
| SIGNATURE | AFKHAMI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Learning Partnership |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
We Are All Afghanistan: Afghan Women Leaders Reflect on the Past and the Way Forward
On October 15, 2021, Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) convened an online, public conversation with former Minister for Women's Affairs in Afghanistan, Sima Samar, and former Governer of Bamyan Province, Habiba Sarabi, moderated by former UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Obaid and WLP Founder and President Mahnaz Afkhami. Audience members were from around the world, including directors of WLP’s partner organizations in Asia, Central Asia, Latin …
The Other Side of Silence: A Memoir of Exile, Iran, and the Global Women's Movement
When Mahnaz Afkhami picked up the phone in a New York hotel room early one morning in November 1978, she learned she could never go home again: she had been declared an apostate and enemy of the Iranian Revolution and was now on its death list. Afkhami, Iran's first minister for women's affairs, began to rebuild her life in the United States, becoming an architect of the women’s movement in the Global South. Along the way, she encountered familia…
Human Security: A Conversation
On May 12, 2002, Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace (WLP), an international nongovernmental organization dedicated to empowering women living in the global South, organized a conversation to map out an approach to a definition of the concept of human security. The participants— Mahnaz Afkhami (Iran/U.S.), Kumi Naidoo (South Africa), Jacqueline Pitanguy (Brazil), and Aruna Rao (India), co-chair and commissioners of the…
Faith and Freedom: Women's Human Rights in the Muslim World
Introduction, Mahnaz Afkhami. Part 1 Women, Islam and patriarchy: reflections on the politics of gender in Muslim societies - from Nairobi to Beijing, Deniz Kandiyoti Arab women's and the Muslim state in the 21st century - reflections on Islam as religion and state, Fatima Mernissi the dichotomy between religious and secular discourse in Islamic societies, Abdullahi An-Na'im the muted voices of women interpreters, Bouthaina Shaaban networking for…
Muslim Women and the Politics of Participation: Implementing the Beijing Platform
Field Reports: Promoting Women's Rights in the Muslim World
Promoting Women’s Rights in the Muslim World Mahnaz Afkhami (bio) In 1984, there appeared a volume entitled Sisterhood Is Global: The International Women’s Movement Anthology, consisting of some 70 essays written by women from as many countries in every continent on the globe. 1 The project had been conceived in the early 1980s by Robin Morgan, an internationally known women’s-rights activist from the United States. The book’s contributors, all o…
Field Reports: Promoting Women's Rights in the Muslim World
Promoting Women’s Rights in the Muslim World Mahnaz Afkhami (bio) In 1984, there appeared a volume entitled Sisterhood Is Global: The International Women’s Movement Anthology, consisting of some 70 essays written by women from as many countries in every continent on the globe. 1 The project had been conceived in the early 1980s by Robin Morgan, an internationally known women’s-rights activist from the United States. The book’s contributors, all o…
Human Security: A Conversation
On May 12, 2002, Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace (WLP), an international nongovernmental organization dedicated to empowering women living in the global South, organized a conversation to map out an approach to a definition of the concept of human security. The participants— Mahnaz Afkhami (Iran/U.S.), Kumi Naidoo (South Africa), Jacqueline Pitanguy (Brazil), and Aruna Rao (India), co-chair and commissioners of the…
Field Reports: Promoting Women's Rights in the Muslim World
Promoting Women’s Rights in the Muslim World Mahnaz Afkhami (bio) In 1984, there appeared a volume entitled Sisterhood Is Global: The International Women’s Movement Anthology, consisting of some 70 essays written by women from as many countries in every continent on the globe. 1 The project had been conceived in the early 1980s by Robin Morgan, an internationally known women’s-rights activist from the United States. The book’s contributors, all o…
Muslim Women and the Politics of Participation: Implementing the Beijing Platform
Faith and Freedom: Women's Human Rights in the Muslim World
Introduction, Mahnaz Afkhami. Part 1 Women, Islam and patriarchy: reflections on the politics of gender in Muslim societies - from Nairobi to Beijing, Deniz Kandiyoti Arab women's and the Muslim state in the 21st century - reflections on Islam as religion and state, Fatima Mernissi the dichotomy between religious and secular discourse in Islamic societies, Abdullahi An-Na'im the muted voices of women interpreters, Bouthaina Shaaban networking for…
Human Security: A Conversation
On May 12, 2002, Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace (WLP), an international nongovernmental organization dedicated to empowering women living in the global South, organized a conversation to map out an approach to a definition of the concept of human security. The participants— Mahnaz Afkhami (Iran/U.S.), Kumi Naidoo (South Africa), Jacqueline Pitanguy (Brazil), and Aruna Rao (India), co-chair and commissioners of the…
The Other Side of Silence: A Memoir of Exile, Iran, and the Global Women's Movement
When Mahnaz Afkhami picked up the phone in a New York hotel room early one morning in November 1978, she learned she could never go home again: she had been declared an apostate and enemy of the Iranian Revolution and was now on its death list. Afkhami, Iran's first minister for women's affairs, began to rebuild her life in the United States, becoming an architect of the women’s movement in the Global South. Along the way, she encountered familia…
We Are All Afghanistan: Afghan Women Leaders Reflect on the Past and the Way Forward
On October 15, 2021, Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) convened an online, public conversation with former Minister for Women's Affairs in Afghanistan, Sima Samar, and former Governer of Bamyan Province, Habiba Sarabi, moderated by former UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Obaid and WLP Founder and President Mahnaz Afkhami. Audience members were from around the world, including directors of WLP’s partner organizations in Asia, Central Asia, Latin …
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Human rights (3 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works)