The Democratic Organization of Iranian Women (DAW; fa, تشکیلات دموکراتیک زنان ایران) is

women's wing A women's wing is an organisation affiliated with a political party that consists of that party's female membership or acts to promote women within a party. The organisations take different roles and types, with some giving women the option of join ...

of the

Tudeh Party of Iran The Tudeh Party of Iran ( fa-at, حزب تودۀ ایران, Ḥezb-e Tūde-ye Īrān, lit=Party of the Masses of Iran) is an Iranian communist party. Formed in 1941, with Soleiman Mirza Eskandari as its head, it had considerable influence in i ...

. Led by

Maryam Firouz Maryam Firouz or Maryam Farman Farmaian (1914, in Kermanshah, Iran – 23 March 2008, in Tehran, Iran) was an Iranian politician. She was a daughter of Prince Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and Batoul Khanoum. She founded the women's section of t ...

, it was founded in 1943 as the 'Organization of Iranian Women' (OIW) ( fa, تشکیلات زنان ایران, Tashkilat-i Zanan-i Iran) and joined

Women's International Democratic Federation Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF) is an international organization with the stated goal of working for women's rights. It was established in 1945 and was most active during the Cold War. It initially focussed on anti-fascism, worl ...

in 1947. The organization "demanded radical transformations in the laws governing the rights of women in the family and at the workplace", according to Hammed Shahidian. They published a monthly magazine named ''Bidari-e Ma'' (), edited by Zahra Eskandari-Bayat. OIW was banned in 1949, along with Tudeh itself and other affiliates, but the party managed to revived it in 1951 with another name: 'Democratic Organization of Iranian Women'.

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Official website
Women's wings of communist parties Iranian women's political groups Organizations established in 1943 1943 establishments in Iran Affiliated organizations of the Tudeh Party of Iran Feminism in Iran {{fem-org-stub