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. When this relationship leads to the union of the two persons, then there are certain…
Category: Women
An evaluation of our ways of building families.
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 one partner to convince the other partner to obey or confirm. On top of that…
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. Her name was Forogh Cobra Astaneha, a.k.a Maman Aziz. She was born sometimes between 1910…
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 control, yet women’s rights in relationship is backed up with a complex load of multiple…
March 8, 2009
International women’s Day, March 8th was celebrated this year of 2009 in Vancouver, British Columbia with the hard work and efforts of the Iranian Women’s Cultural Society. Again in the third year in a row, Kay Meek Center in West Vancouver was filled with Iranian women and men who came out to acknowledge women. This…