Women’s Rights/Gender Equality Activist Archives - KHRN

Leyla Pashaei

Leyla Pashaei is a Kurdish civil rights activist from Saqqez, Kurdistan Province, who was one of the detainees of the anti-government Women, Life, Freedom uprising. Arrest Pashaei was arrested

Parvin Adwai

Parvin Adwai, a civil rights activist and former political prisoner from Marivan, Kurdistan Province, has been active in women’s rights, child protection, and environmental advocacy in Marivan in

Zhina Modares Gorji

Zhina Modares Gorji, a Kurdish journalist and prominent women’s rights activist, was repeatedly summoned and threatened by security agencies before her arrest. Arrest Modares Gorji was first

Pakhshan Azizi

Pakhshan Azizi, a graduate in social work from Allameh Tabataba'i University in Tehran, has a history of previous arrests by security forces. She was first detained on 16 November 2009 during a

Hajar Saeidi

Hajar Saeidi, a long-standing activist for women's and workers' rights, has been summoned, arrested, and sentenced several times due to her activities. In August 2020, Branch One of the Islamic