In this panel discussion, Hoover Oral Historian Halima Kazem and Hoover Fellow Kelly J. Shannon will discuss the often overlooked or forgotten histories of women’s rights activism and resistance against oppressive regimes in Iran and Afghanistan that stretch back 120 years. While the discussion will detail the history of the women’s movements in each country, the speakers will also highlight the convergences and similarities between the Afghan and Iranian women’s rights movements. This history of women’s resistance is centrally important to Afghan and Iranian women’s struggles today. The panel discussion will include brief presentations by both speakers, followed by a moderated discussion with the panel host and audience.

This talk is presented by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives and co-sponsored by the Stanford Program in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Center for South Asia. 

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