Democratic Organization of Iranian Women
{{distinguish|Women's Organization of Iran}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = Organization of Iranian Women
| logo = Democratic Organization of Iranian Women.jpg
| colorcode = Red
| newspaper = Bidari-e Ma
| founded = {{start date and age|1943|02|18|df=y}}
| ideology = Marxist feminism
| slogan = {{langx|fa|ما هم در این خانه حقی داریم}}
"We, too, have rights in this house"
| national = Tudeh Party of Iran
| international = Women's International Democratic Federation
| website = {{URL|tdzi.org}}
| country = Iran
}}
The Democratic Organization of Iranian Women (DAW; {{langx|fa|تشکیلات دموکراتیک زنان ایران}}) is the women's wing of the Tudeh Party of Iran.
Led by Maryam Firouz,{{cite journal|last=Behrooz|first=Maziar|title=Tudeh Factionalism and the 1953 Coup in Iran|date=August 2001|journal=International Journal of Middle East Studies|volume=33|issue=3|pages=363–82|jstor=259456|doi=10.1017/S0020743801003026|s2cid=162990418 }} it was founded in 1943 as the 'Organization of Iranian Women' (OIW) ({{langx|fa|تشکیلات زنان ایران|Tashkilat-i Zanan-i Iran}}) and joined Women's International Democratic Federation in 1947.{{cite book|last=Paydar|first=Parvin|title=Women and the Political Process in Twentieth-Century Iran|publisher=Cambridge University Press|pages=124–5|year=1995|isbn=978-0-521-59572-8}}
The organization "demanded radical transformations in the laws governing the rights of women in the family and at the workplace", according to Hammed Shahidian.{{cite journal|last=Hammed|first=Shahidian|title=The Iranian Left and the "Woman Question" in the Revolution of 1978-79|date=May 1994|journal=International Journal of Middle East Studies|volume=26|issue=2|pages=223–47|jstor=164734|doi=10.1017/S0020743800060220|s2cid=163000506 }} They published a monthly magazine named Bidari-e Ma ({{literal translation|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'.
References
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External links
- [http://tdzi.org/ Official website]
Category:Women's wings of communist parties
Category:Iranian women's political groups
Category:Organizations established in 1943
Category:1943 establishments in Iran
Category:Affiliated organizations of the Tudeh Party of Iran
Category:Women's International Democratic Federation affiliates