Farideh Mashini

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Farideh Mashini or Farideh Machini (

reformist. Mashini was a member of the reformist party, Islamic Iran Participation Front, and the Women's rights movement in Iran. She also served as the secretary of the Women's Participation Front,[1] and researcher at Iran's Women's Study Center.[2]
She died of cancer on 30 May 2012.[3][4][5][6]

Mashini was a graduate of the Tehran Women's Studies program. She continued her academic work as a board member of the Institute for Women's Studies and Research, participant at national and international conferences, and article author.[7]

Following Iran's disputed 2009 elections, Mashini was one of thirty activists arrested at a prayer ceremony in front of detained political activist Shahabeddin Tabatabai's house.[7]

Views

Farideh Mashini believed that “There is no contradiction to what is written in the Quran and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)” and said, "we should be an example to the world by ratifying the CEDAW and promoting the future of our women.”[2]

References

  1. ^ "Statement by Iranian Women for International Women's Day". Womensphere. 8 March 2010. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Iranian Women's Day July 2005". UNICEF. Archived from the original on September 21, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  3. ^ درگذشت فریده ماشینی، عضو جبهه مشارکت و فعال حقوق زنان Archived 2017-04-24 at the Wayback Machine جرس
  4. ^ فریده ماشینی، فعال حقوق زنان، درگذشت رادیو زمانه
  5. ^ فریده ماشینی، فعال حقوق زنان و فعال سیاسی اصلاح‌طلب، درگذشت رادیو فردا
  6. ^ فریده ماشینی، فعال زنان، درگذشت Archived 2012-08-02 at archive.today ایلنا
  7. ^ a b Stimson, Andrew. "Upcoming events & obituaries." Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, vol. 31, no. 5, Aug. 2012, p. 61. Gale Academic OneFile. Accessed 6 Mar. 2022.

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