Conferences, Workshops and Meetings
- An international conference entitled, “The Culture of Democracy and the Role of NGOs in Iran” (Feb 22 and March 11, 2005)
- An International Conference entitled: “Religion’s Role in Mental Health”, held in cooperation with Tehran’s Institute of Psychiatry
- A Review Conference on “Problems Iranian Women Face Today”
- A national conference on “The Condition of Prisoners and Women Inmates”, held with participation of more than 450 academic and executive officials, lawyers, judges and journalists
- Three specialized roundtables on “Post-Disaster and Rehabilitation Efforts and Living Conditions of the Survivors of the Bam Earthquake”
- Ten roundtables with participation of experienced lawyers to review women’s legal status and providing the results and the feedback to the Women’s Fraction of the Sixth Majlis (Parliament) to push forward ratification of new women-related laws and modification of certain other laws
- A training workshop on the concepts of gender, gender equality and reproductive rights
- Two educational workshops on HIV/AIDS Preventive Measures, one in cooperation with UNAIDS and the other in cooperation with the Center for Women Participation (recently renamed as Center for Women and Family Affairs)
- Two national conferences in commemoration of World Family Day, attended by young couples
- A national conference on the occasion of Women’s Day, attended by women from different walks of life
- A training workshops on the concepts of Gender, Gender Equality and Reproductive Rights
- Running more than 10 training courses on life skills
- Visiting Egyptian, Indian and Japanese women NGOs and exchanging views on issues of common interest
- Participating in Commission of Women Status meetings in New York
- Carrying out practical research projects on the status of Iranian women regarding domestic violence, women’s physical and mental health as well as gender equality and making the results available to the country’s policy-makers and programmers . -Publishing simplified educational brochures on life skills and distributing them among women from different walks of life
- Holding different workshops and seminars on HIV/AIDS, drug abuse, improvement of daily life skills, stress management and the like
- Providing research findings, information, advice and recommendations to the National Committee to Abolish Violence against Women
- Reviewing women inmates’ situation and impacts of their imprisonment on their families particularly on female-headed households
- Carrying out research projects on gender equality and ways to its materialization
- Holding educational and training workshops on different topics including communication skills, gender equality and improved life skills for experts from ministries of education and health as well as Tehran municipality’s headquarter of healthy environment