Mrs. Soraya Fallah Received the 2012 "Leadership and
Human Rights” Award . Photo:
submitted by Mrs. Soraya/Ekurd.net
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June
25, 2012
LOS ANGLES,— For the past twenty-three
years, the Iranian Women’s Studies Foundation has
gathered professionals, scholars, and artists at an
annual conference held in cities around the world to
celebrate the work and accomplishments of Iranian
women in scholarly and artistic fields. During these
gatherings attendees share the results of research,
enjoy the creative work of their colleagues, and
exchange ideas and plan for the future. Since 2007,
IWSF has awarded the Hammed Shahidian Critical
Feminist Award to worthy scholarly work related to
Iranian women in order to recognize students,
independent writers, researchers, and activists
whose work is contributing to the feminist discourse
related to Iranian women. This year, Soraya Fallah
have been chosen as Joint Recipient with Marie Ostby
for the IWSF 2012 Hammed Shahidian Critical Feminist
Award.
Her analysis and work on “Levels of Oppression:
Angles of Resistance:An Analysis of Kurdish Women’s
Situation in Iran” has been recognized by the
Iranian Women’s Studies Foundation as deserving of
the Hammed Shahidian Critical Feminist Award;
published on their website.
In an interview with Soraya Fallah she indicated
that : in the congratulation letter the Chief
Executive Officer of IWSF, Mrs. Golnaz Amin
indicated a that “Our advisors found your paper,
‘Levels of Oppression; Angles of Resistance: An
Analysis of Kurdish Women’s Situation in Iran’ very
sound and interesting, a good discussion on the
position of women in the Kurdish areas of Iran,
analyzing the oppression and resistance of Kurdish
women from different perspectives.”
In response, Soraya stated that she is deeply
honored to learn that she has been chosen as the
joint recipient of this important award. She
believes that there is an academic void when it
comes to research on women from minority groups in
Iran. She hopes that her work can inspire other
writers and researchers to look into this
fascinating and important subject so that a broader
understanding of this very complex subject can be
reached.
The Award was presented by Nahid Shahidian at IWSF
2012 conference held at MIT Cambridge June 15-17,
2012. Soraya Fallah’s paper, biography, and
acceptance speech will be published in the IWSF 2012
Conference Proceedings in the next few months.
Soraya was also one of the IWSF’s speaker when the
conference was held in UC Berkeley .
Soraya believes that IWSF played a big role in
researching and promoting Iranian women’s work and
art. Soraya is a Kurdish-Iranian writer, life-long
human rights advocate, and a dedicated activist. She
published several books in Iran and her articles in
English,www.ekurd.net
Farsi, and Kurdish are regularly published in
several international media outlets and magazines.
She is a regular commentator on radio broadcasts
about culture, human rights, and women’s rights in
Iran and Kurdistan. In April 2012 she was the
recipient of the “2012 Leadership and Human Rights”
award from The Sheriff's Indo-American Council. Her
story was featured in the short documentary titled
For Kurdistan from the docu-series “Angels of Iran”
produced by David Hoffman.
http://iwsf2012.org/awards.html
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