Democratic Organization of Iranian Women
Organization of Iranian Women | |
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| Founded | 18 February 1943 |
| Newspaper | Bidari-e Ma |
| Ideology | Marxist feminism |
| National affiliation | Tudeh Party of Iran |
| International affiliation | Women's International Democratic Federation |
| Slogan | Persian: ما هم در این خانه حقی داریم "We, too, have rights in this house"[1] |
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The Democratic Organization of Iranian Women (DAW; Persian: تشکیلات دموکراتیک زنان ایران) is the women's wing of the Tudeh Party of Iran.
Led by
Maryam Firouz,[2] it was founded in 1943 as the 'Organization of Iranian Women' (OIW) (Persian: تشکیلات زنان ایران, romanized: Tashkilat-i Zanan-i Iran) and joined Women's International Democratic Federation in 1947.[1]
The organization "demanded radical transformations in the laws governing the rights of women in the family and at the workplace", according to Hammed Shahidian.[3] They published a monthly magazine named Bidari-e Ma (lit. 'Our Awakening'), edited by Zahra Eskandari-Bayat.[1]
OIW was banned in 1949, along with Tudeh itself and other affiliates, but the party managed to revive it in 1951 with another name: 'Democratic Organization of Iranian Women'.[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-521-59572-8.
- S2CID 162990418.
- S2CID 163000506.