School of Social Welfare, Women's Organization of Iran Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies بنیاد مطالعات ایران Wed, 12 Oct 2022 16:48:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://fis-iran.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-Dark-w-Color-1-32x32.png School of Social Welfare, Women's Organization of Iran Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies 32 32 Khoda’i Shahrokhi, Fereshteh https://fis-iran.org/oral-history/khodai-shahrokhi-fereshteh/ Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:53 +0000 https://fisiran.org/oral-history/khodai-shahrokhi-fereshteh/ Memories of childhood in Baluchestan; curriculum, organization, and trainig of social workers at the Tehran School of Social Work; on the Juvenile Rehabilitation Center; on the organization, mission, programs, curricula,...

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]]> Memories of childhood in Baluchestan; curriculum, organization, and trainig of social workers at the Tehran School of Social Work; on the Juvenile Rehabilitation Center; on the organization, mission, programs, curricula, teachers and students at the (Yakhchiabad) School of Social Welfare of the Women's Organization of Iran (WOI); on the Yakhchiabad Welfare Center of WOI–childcare facilities, family planning services, legal advice services, and vocational planning courses; experiences as legal social worker in Iran's family courts; career after the Revolution; as a woman professional in the Islamic Republic; recollections of arrest and interrogation by the "komiteh"; at the Evin Prison; leaving Iran after release from prison; on life in exile; evaluation of the work of WOI.

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]]> Afkhami, Mahnaz https://fis-iran.org/oral-history/afkhami-mahnaz/ Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:09:25 +0000 https://fisiran.org/oral-history/afkhami-mahnaz/ Founding of the Organization of University Women; history and structure of the Women’s Organization of Iran (WOI); meeting with Princess Ashraf and the role of the Princess in women’s issues;...

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]]> Founding of the Organization of University Women; history and structure of the Women’s Organization of Iran (WOI); meeting with Princess Ashraf and the role of the Princess in women’s issues; evolution of a free electoral process in WOI; evolution of the ideology and organizational structure of WOI; WOI’s School of Social Welfare; legal reforms, the Family Protection Law and the opposition to it; the Shah’s opinions on the women’s issues; WOI’s presence in the rural areas; rural cooperatives and literacy; consciousness raising as the most notable achievement of WOI; WOI and women in the labor force; National Plan of Action: its concept, structure and implementation mechanisms; WOI’s audience; veiling and the politics of dissent; role as Minister of State and utility of influence in government circles for women’s affairs; decision-making process in the cabinet; on the Shah and the cabinet ministers; Hoveyda’s character and performance; Jamshid Amuzegar as prime minister; recollections of Queen Farah and Princess Ashraf; on the Shah’s personality; importance of the presence of women in high government positions for the advancement of causes advocated by women; on the causes of the Revolution of 1978-79; role of women in the Revolution.

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