Mitra Farazandeh (born )
is an Iranian disability activist and visual artist.
Biography
Mitra Farazandeh was born in Iran, she has a physical
deformity
A deformity, dysmorphism, or dysmorphic feature is a major abnormality of an organism that makes a part of the body appear or function differently than how it is supposed to.
Causes
Deformity can be caused by a variety of factors:
*Arthritis an ...
.
She lives in a village in
Hashtpar
Hashtpar ( fa, هشتپر, also known as, Hashpar, Hashtpar-e Tavalesh, and Tālesh) is a city and capital of Talesh County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 54,178, in 15,688 families.
The Iranian dialect of Hashtpar ...
(also known as the city of Talesh) in the
Gilan province of Iran.
Farazandeh has advocated for the visibility of sexual desire of women with disabilities.
She writes about not feeling human due to her physical disability and struggling to recognize a need for love;
and how her physical body has created false perceptions of her not having sexual needs.
She earns a living by selling her drawings and paintings.
In 2018, Farazandeh is on the BBC's
100 Women award list of the most inspiring and influential women in the world.
See also
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Disability rights movement
The disability rights movement is a global new social movements, social movement that seeks to secure equal opportunity, equal opportunities and equality before the law, equal rights for all people with disability, disabilities.
It is made u ...
References
Living people
1976 births
Iranian activists
Iranian women's rights activists
Iranian women artists
BBC 100 Women
Iranian disability rights activists
Iranian people with disabilities
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