Democratic Organization of Iranian Women
Organization of Iranian Women | |
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| Founded | 18 February 1943 |
| Newspaper | Bidari-e Ma |
| Ideology | Marxist feminism |
| National affiliation | Tudeh Party of Iran |
| International affiliation | Women's International Democratic Federation |
| Slogan |
Persian: ما هم در این خانه حقی داریم "We, too, have rights in this house" |
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The Democratic Organization of Iranian Women (DAW; Persian: تشکیلات دموکراتیک زنان ایران) is the women's wing of the Tudeh Party of Iran.
Led by Maryam Firouz, it was founded in 1943 as the 'Organization of Iranian Women' (OIW) (Persian: تشکیلات زنان ایران, romanized: Tashkilat-i Zanan-i Iran) and joined Women's International Democratic Federation 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 (lit. 'Our Awakening'), edited by Zahra Eskandari-Bayat.
OIW was banned in 1949, along with Tudeh itself and other affiliates, but the party managed to revive it in 1951 with another name: 'Democratic Organization of Iranian Women'.