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 […]
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