Mahnaz Afkhami, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mahnaz Afkhami

Human rights and gender equality activist

Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1941

Place of Birth: Kerman, Kerman Province, Iran

Profession: politician, human rights activist

Nationality: Iran

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Mahnaz Afkhami (Persian: ????? ??????) is an Iranian women's rights activist who served in the Cabinet of Iran from 1976 to 1978. She is Founder and President of Women's Learning Partnership (WLP), the Executive Director of the Foundation for Iranian Studies and the former Minister of Women's Affairs in Iran's pre-Revolution government.
She has lived in exile in the United States since 1979. Having founded and headed several international non-governmental organizations focused on advancing the status of women, Afkhami has been an advocate of women's rights since the 1970s.
She has lectured and published extensively on the international women's movement, women's human rights, women in leadership, women and technology, the status of women in Muslim-majority societies and on women's participation in civil society-building and democratization.
Her books have been translated into multiple languages and distributed internationally.