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 […]
No to Violence Against Women In Iran, 43 years of theocracy intent on justifying its medieval outlook, passing misogynistic laws, and then normalising their practice in the society has brought with it violence in many forms. Legislation that degrades women as second-class citizens has culminated in the violence that is the promotion of child marriage […]
on 26th February, the Democratic Organisation of Iranian Women issued a statement on Russia’s military attack on Ukraine, as follows: The Democratic Organisation of Iranian Women strongly condemns Russia’s military attack on Ukraine and the killing of civilians. This war is counter to the interests of the people and workers of the two countries, and […]
The Movement of Democratic Women in Israel, sent the following message to the International seminar on Women and the World of Work, held near Lisbon in Portugal, on 28th May 2021. Excerpts of the message read as follows: ‘We are sorry for our delayed response to register and participate in seminar program, because of our […]
The following is an appeal from the Steering Committee of Women’s International Democratic Federation regarding the conditions that have followed the COVID 19 pandemic. The Women´s International Democratic Federation (WIDF) saluting all the women and men who are in the fight to get out of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are in solidarity with all the peoples and […]
The women’s organizations members of the Arab Regional Center of the Women´s International Democratic Federation (WIDF) and other active women’s organizations that are members of the Federation, cultural and medical organizations, social and mass organizations, trade union and professional federations, announce that , this is a time when women in our Arab region are involved […]
The Democratic Organisation of Iranian Women is in solidarity with the women who are grappling with the fallout of the lethal COVID 19 virus in their countries. Besides claiming thousands of lives worldwide, this emergency has also exacerbated people’s economic conditions and increased their insecurity. This has been especially problematic for countries without sound public […]
With the escalation of tensions between the dictatorial theocratic regime of Iran and the extreme right wing government of the United Sates, the spectre of a devastating war, with the agitations on both sides, is moving over Iran and the Middle East and causes worries for the people and the progressive forces of Iran and […]
The following is an excerpt of the message of the Democratic Organisation of Iranian Women to Women’s International Democratic Federation, on the rising tensions and the need to stop another war in the Middle East. ‘As you know, the tensions between Iran on the one hand, and the Trump Administration together with its regional allies […]
With Donald Trump becoming US president, important changes were triggered in the US policies in the international arena, the most important of which are the increase in the warmongering policies, heightened tension and ignoring international laws and conventions. These policies have made the world more insecure and given rise to direct and proxy wars. The […]