Jamiat Nesvan Vatankhah

Jam'iyat-e Nesvân-e Vatankhâh ( fa, جمعیت نسوان وطنخواه, meaning "Patriotic Women's League of Iran" or "Society of Patriotic Women") (1922–1933), was one of the most active organizations in the Women's rights movement in Iran that formed after the Persian Constitutional Revolution. Sanasarian, Eliz. ''The Women's Rights Movements in Iran'', Praeger, New York: 1982, .

History

The Society was set up in 1922 under the name, Jamʿīyat-e taraqqī-e neswān, by Mohtaram Eskandari, director of the state school number 5 for girls, who was disappointed with the results of the revolution for women, Noor-ol-Hoda Mangeneh, Mastoureh Afshar, and other women's rights activists. Parvin Paidar.
Women and the political process in twentieth-century Iran
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Their objective was "to emphasize hecontinuous respect for the laws and rituals of Islam; to promote the education and moral upbringing of girls; to encourage national industries; to spread literacy among adult women; to provide care for orphaned girls; to set up hospitals for poor women; to organise co-operatives as a means of developing national industries; and to give material and moral support to the defenders of the country in the event of war." The organization contributed "the most important recorded effort to establish ties with women of the region."

The league held lectures and waged campaigns. The league also published the important women's journal, ''Nosvan Vatankhah'' 'Patriotic women'' from 1922.

In 1932, it organized the Oriental Women's Congress in Tehran. When the Congress was over, the organization was however dissolved. It was succeeded by Kanoun-e-Banovan in 1935.Hamideh Sedghi, “FEMINIST MOVEMENTS iii. IN THE PAHLAVI PERIOD,” Encyclopaedia Iranica, IX/5, pp. 492-498, available online at http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/feminist-movements-iii (accessed on 30 December 2012).

Nesvan Watan Khaw Newspaper

In the year 1922, the Patriotic Women’s Association was established with the esteemed work of Mohtaram Eskandari, Nurolhouda Mangeneh, Mastureh Afshar and Madam Fakhr Afagh. The right of education for women was one of the most important goals of this association.

With ten elected women, the board of directors was formed by the Patriotic Women's Association, and the same delegation elected Eskandari as the first head of the community.

The association "Patriotic Women", on the path to the goals of women's education and learning, published the magazine "Women's Wisdom", in the wake of the launch of classes for older women. The newspaper was the official organ of the community that focused on women's issues and women's rights. The owner of the magazine was Madam Molouk Eskandari and her first respected director was Mohtaram Eskandari. The Nasvan Watan Khaw Newspaper published eleven issues over three years (from 1923 to 1926) and attracted many liberal women.

See also

* Iranian Constitutional Revolution
* Women's Freedom Association
* Women's Movement in Iran
* Mokhadarat Vatan Association
* Iranian women
* Constitutional Revolution's Associations

References

1922 establishments in Iran
Feminist organisations in Iran
Women's rights movement in Iran
Organizations established in 1922
Qajar Iran

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