Category Archives: Women

An evaluation of our ways of building families.

Resiliencey Kicks In, Be Aware

Banning women from life, does not work anymore. These useless men in the shaking filed of power in our beloved home country do not know how to walk on their toes any more. Just these days we hear the news … Continue reading

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Persian Male Culture

In December 2009, I received a letter from a reader who explained that she needed to understand the misbehavior (stalking and harassment) by her Iranian boyfriend. Not being proud of this to say, the explained misbehavior is however rather a … Continue reading

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Women and National Security

It is amusing and exciting to think how women are perceived as “threat” to the national safety of Iran. We Iranians have heard this phrase multiple times. So as a result, in order to keep the country (Iran) safe and … Continue reading

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Honour Killing Or Zero Tolerance For Female Body

Honour killing is about violence against females, a serious and complex social-mental health problem when there is zero tolerance for female bodies. It does not matter where this act of crime takes place; it is still a problem of the … Continue reading

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A Flashback

Back in the 1980s, as a new immigrant in a European country, everywhere I went, people liked to discern my whereabouts. When I said I was a Persian-Iranian woman, the next question was how come I had chosen to live … Continue reading

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Long Distance Divorce Causes Distress

Now that immigration has turned out to be a way of life among us Iranians, then long distance marriages and long distance divorces are becoming all more widespread. We live in a world, when long distance relationships become all common. … Continue reading

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Divorce in My Iranian Community

Very often i receive calls from my fellow country women who are in the process of divorce or considering divorce. Couple counselling sessions often fail it’s purpose just because the request for counselling is mostly a last minute attempt for … Continue reading

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Socially responsible practice and Iranian Women

In my profession as clinical counsellor, I promote  a socially responsible practice.  On this note, I believe it is significant that we counsellors exhaust our options that we have in our clinical work with our clients. Past couple of years, … Continue reading

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A Resilient Woman: Maman Aziz

This is a story to be told for our next generations. This is about an Iranian woman whose life story is incredible. We have to know this. Our next generations will benefit from knowing how our ancestors lived their life. … Continue reading

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Domestic Violence

In the discussion about domestic violence we Iranians are behind or it is easier to say that we have never really dealt with this heavy topic.  As much as women rights are a political concern causing fears for men in … Continue reading

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