DOIW has called on progressive women and sister organisations to act to stop more executions of protesters, in Iran. The following is addressed to the WIDF organisations worldwide. To: Sister Organisations of the Women’s International Democratic Federation Dear friends, comrades, and fellow combatants, As you know, four months have passed since the ‘woman, life, freedom’ […]
In the throes of the 100th day of Iran’s protests, in a note from her prison cell, Narges Mohammadi, the civil and human rights activist who has been held in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison for several years, has been made public, a shocking account of the sexual assault on protesting women, by the Islamic Republic’s […]
25th November marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and is a turning point in the history of women’s struggle for the elimination of violence perpetrated against them. Four Mirabal sisters, Patria, Minerva, Maria Teresa, and Dede) were active against Trojillo, the dictator of the Dominican Republic. Three of the Mirabal […]
DOIW has thanked international sister organisations who signed the Joint Declaration of support for the struggle of women of Iran, the text of which follows. Dear Sisters and comrades, The protests in Iran have continued unabated for more than two months now. So far, early December, there are reports of 470 protesters killed, among them […]
It is three months since the nationwide protests by the people of our homeland started with the slogan “Women, Life, Freedom” after the heinous murder of the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. During these protests hundreds of people have been targets of the bullets of the police and security forces of the religious dictatorship and have died. […]
Following the Democratic Organization of Iranian Women’s call on progressive and sister organizations to join in the issue of a joint statement as an expression of their support for the struggles of the Iranian people, more than 220 women’s organisations, political parties and civic organisations and individuals in India expressed their solidarity by signing the […]
Following the DOIW’s call for solidarity with the women of Iran’s struggle in Iran, the organisation: Women for Rights of Sri Lanka, have issued the statement that follows. ‘We as the Women for Rights of Sri Lanka have been observing the situation that Iranian women has to face over the years and also regarding the […]
Joint statement of democratic women’s organisations in support of the struggle of Iranian women for dignity, equality, peace, justice, and for human and democratic rights We, the undersigned organisations that campaign for women’s emancipation from every form of exploitation note that: On 6th July 2022, the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ebrahim […]
The Federation of Women of Greece (OGE) denounces the reactionary regime of Iran for the death of the 22-year-old Iranian Amini Mahsa of Kurdish origin, which was preceded by her arrest by the “morality police” in Tehran for not wearing her hijab correctly. We express our solidarity with the women of popular strata of Iran, […]
