WGSS Initiative on Gender, Sexuality, and Feminisms in Middle Eastern Communities: Feminist Challenges to Islamism in Iran and Beyond -- An Afternoon with Dr. Nayereh Tohidi

While focusing on the case of Iran, Dr. Nayereh Tohidi, professor and director of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at California State University, Northridge, reviews the overall status of women in the Muslim majority countries and examines how women’s rights activists and feminists (Islamic, secular, Muslim, and non-Muslim) have been challenging patriarchal norms and structures.