Mahboubeh abbasgholizadeh biography of christopher jackson

Abbasgholizadeh is a year-old mother of two daughters, and her story highlights her change of fortune since the days when Khatami was president and.

Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh is an Iranian women's rights activist who has played an important role in Iran since the s. She has attended numerous international and national conferences, and she is a regular contributor to Sharg East , the most popular opposition newspaper in Iran and Zanan Women , the first independent journal after the Iranian Revolution that specifically dealt with women's issues.

Abbasgholizadeh was born in in Khoramshahr, in the south of Iran. She has also completed a number of short courses on human rights , women's studies and women and development. Her intellectual starting point was the dynamism of religion and modern ideas. For many years she concentrated on feminist readings of the Qur'an. As she commented in a recent interview with the author: "I came to the conclusion that in the context of gender equality, what is practiced is not equal to what is said in the Qur'an" Rostami-Povey.

In the s she was engaged with the reform movement associated with mohammad khatami's government. In this period, she moved away from gender and cultural activities to NGO activities focusing on economic development and feminist issues. As a journalist and as an editor, she also produced ten issues of Farzaneh Women's Studies Journal.

As a publisher she translated and published a number of feminist books. In the s, the conservatives in control of the judiciary objected to the reform movement and closed down many newspapers, journals, and publications. Her aim was to support unemployed female media workers by facilitating income-generating activities for them.

She explained: "I did not give them money. I organised projects and exhibitions and suggested to them to work for these projects and exhibitions. I provided them with computers and cameras.