Mina Ahadi and Maryam Namazie, Spokespersons for ERN, were selected as the top 45 women of 2007 by Elle Quebec, February 2008.
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4th April 2013: International Day to Defend Amina [external link]
Let's breast them! [external link]
A call from the Arab Caucus at the 57th Commission on the Status of Women signed by Equal Rights Now [external link]
We are not free until all women are free, message from Taslima Nasrin and Nawal El Sadaawi for the 8 March 2013 conference in Frankfurt, Germany. [external link]
Photo Gallery for 8 March event in Frankfurt
International Women's Day: Time for Action to End Violence against Women, Iranian.com, 8 March 2013 [external link]
Naakte feministen zenden schokgolf door Midden-Oosten, Trouw, 22 February 2013 [external link]
Pierwszy Światowy Dzień Hidżabu, Maryam Namazie quoted on World Hijab Day, onet.posts, 1 February 2013 [external link]
Hijab for a day, BBC News, 31 January 2013 [External link]
Religious versus secular student clashes resume, University World News, 14 October 2012 [external link]
Secularism 2012: A great success, NSS, 25 September 2012 [external link]
Islam: Dove sono i laici, Tellus Folio, 24 September 2012 [external link]
Laici Musulmani, il fatto societe, 22 September 2012 [external link]
Sex and secularism, Rush PR News, 30 July 2012 [external link]
Elle veut exclure des JO les pays qui voilent leurs femmes, Rue89, 24 July 2012 [external link]
The case for women, Pakistan’s The Friday Times, 18-24 May 2012 [external link]
The Hejab or Bikini, Open Democracy, 17 May 2012 [external link]
International Call in support of Tunisian Secularists, Kapitalis, 13 May 2012 [external link]
When anti-racism becomes anti-woman, The Huffington Post, 1 May 2012 [external link]
Sharia Councils in Great Britain, Le Point, 13 April 2012 [external link]
FEMEN провели в Парижі акцію «Аллах створив мене голою!», ZN, UA, 31 March 2012 [external link]
Topless Revolution is here, Global Post, 30 March 2012 [external link]
Donne contro. Anima e corpo, La Regione, 30 March 2012 [external link]
Talking with Maryam Namazie: Stripping for Iran, NOW Lebanon, 26 March 2012 [external link]
Nude per la rivoluzione, Ilgiornale, 20 March 2012 [external link]
Des féministes posent nues pour soutenir la liberté des femmes, Gentside, 16 March 2012 [external link]
Iranian women pose topless for those who can’t, Forbes, 14 March 2012 [external link]
Tutte nude nel nome di Aliaa, l’Espresso, 13 March 2012 [external link]
Mideast women's rights movement comes into focus, Jewish News, 10 March 2012 [external link]
İranlı kadınlardan çıplak protesto, Radikal, 10 March 2012 [external link]
Iranianas gravam vídeo nuas em protesto contra opressão sexual, Terra Brasil, 9 March 2012 [external link]Féminas pitean con calendario entero piluchito, La Cuarta, 9 March 2012 [external link]
Iranerinnen demonstrieren nackt gegen Unterdrückung, Bild, 9 March 2012 [external link]
Des feministe posent nues pour un calendrier, 20 minutes online, 9 March 2012 [external link]
Mujeres iraníes se desnudan en protesta contra la oppression, Terra Chile, 9 March 2012 [external link]
Nude Calendar protests Muslim oppression of women, Care2, 9 March 2012 [external link]
Freedom unveiled: Iranian women strip to slam repression, RT, 9 March 2012 [external link]
Aktivis Perempuan Iran Beraksi Tanpa Busana, Inilah, 9 March 2012 [external link]
Aktivistice se skinule do gola za calendar, Vijesti, 8 March 2012 [external link]
8 marzo: donne su Twitter, tra impegno sociale e politica, Panorama, 8 March 2012 [external link]
Aliaa ElmahdyDes féministes posent nues en hommage à Aliaa Elmahdy, Le Monde, 8 March 2012 [external link]
Iranian women undress to protest their role as second class citizens, France24, 8 March 2012 [external link]
Nackt, mutig, selbstbestimmt: Der Körper als Waffe, Spiegel Online, 8 March 2012 [external link]
Il nudo rivoluzionario delle donne arabe, Italian AgoraVox, 8 March 2012 [external link]
'My body, my choice': Exiled Iranian women pose nude for video in protest against sexual oppression in their native country, Daily Mail, 8 March 2012 [external link]
Iranian Women go naked to oppose repression, NOW Lebanon, 8 March 2012 [external link]
Nues pour la revolution, Liberation, 8 March 2012 [external link]
Iranian Activist Likens Nude Revolutionary Calendar to Topless Tabloid, IBTimes UK, 8 March 2012 [external link]
Iranske kvinner kaster klærne, Norwegian NK, 8 March 2012 [external link]
Egypte - Le calendrier nu des féministes du monde entire, SlateAfrique, 8 March 2012 [external link]
Calendarul care le-ar fi putut aduce condamnarea la moarte. Un grup de iranience au pozat nud, Adevaril, 8 March 2012 [external link]
Phụ nữ Iran ngực trần phản đối Đạo Hồi hà khắc, Xaluan, 8 March 2012 [external link]
International Women's Day 2012: Nude Calendar Tribute to Blogger Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, IBTimes UK, 7 March 2012 [external link]
Topless Iranian women say no to political Islam, Digital Journal, 7 March 2012 [external link]
International Women's Day 2012: The Nude Revolutionary Calendar, International Business Times, 7 March 2012 [external link]
Nude Calendar Homage to Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, International Business News, 8 December 2011 [external link]
Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, Nude Activism and the Arab Spring, International Business News, 5 December 2011 [external link]
Women Against the Law, The Spirit of Things, ABC Radio, 18 September 2011 [external link]
A Critic of Political Islam warns of 'Misguided' West, Huffington Post, 17 September 2011 [external link]
Maryam Namazie's interview on terrorism, Sharia law and the veil, ABC Newsline, 7 September 2011. Watch video here [external link]
Maryam Namazie's in depth interview with Virginia Hausegger, ABC News 24's One Plus One program, 2 September 2011. Watch video here [internal link]
Keeping quiet allows intolerance to thrive, Elizabeth Farrelly, Sydney Morning Herald, 1 September 2011.
Listen ABC Radio 774's ABC Radio 774's Conversation Hour with Jon Faine (Melbourne) interviewing Maryam Namazie along with artist Kavisha Mazzella and 9/11 survivor Genelle Guzman-McMillan, 24 August 2011.
Listen ABC Radio Nationals ABC Radio National's Late Night Live with Phillip Adams interviewing Maryam Namazie along with Director of DV8 physical theatre Lloyd Newson whose latest work, Can We Talk About This? deals with freedom of speech, censorship and Islam. The production premiered in August 2011 at Sydney Opera House, and will be followed by an international tour. This documentary-style dance-theatre production is based on interviews, thoughts and speeches of individuals such as Maryam Namazie, the director of ‘One Law for All,’ which fights for the rights of women, and against Sharia courts and Sharia law being introduced in Britain, 22 August 2011.
Maryam was also interviewed in Persian on SBS Radio's Persian Program, 27 August 2011. Listen SBS Radios Persian
On Stoning, BBC Uzbek, 11 July 2011 [external link]
International Day against Stoning, Washtington Post, 5 July 2011 [external link]
Support International Day Against Stoning, Richard Dawkins Foundation, 4 July 2011 [external link]
The great Olympic cover up, Standpoint magazine, 1 June 2011 [external link]
Scotland and the veil, Scotland Herald, 17 April 2011 [external link]
Maryam Namazie, A Courageous Activist,International Humanist News, 12 January 2011 [external link]
Night Waves, The Observer, 26 December 2010 [external link]
Maryam Namazie debates whether God has gone Global at the BBC Radio 3 Freethinking Festival, Radio 3, broadcast 16 December 2010 Listen BBC 3 Freethinking Festival or see BBC [external link]
Conference examines Sharia and Apostasy, Newsline, 17 December 2010 [external link]
New photo raises false hopes in Sakineh saga, France 24, 10 December 2010 [external link]
Violence and Restraints on Women in Islamic Immigrant Communities, AHA Foundation, 9 December 2010 [external link]
Western lobbying bars Iran from UN women's agency, The Australian, 11 November 2010[external link]
2 foreigners arrested; tied to stoning case, AP, 10 November 2010 [external link]
Iran: Women on the frontlines of the fight for rights, 12 September 2010 [external link]
I am afraid of dying,' CNN, 31 July 2010 [external link]
Mina Ahadi and Maryam Namazie's interview in Persian, Voice of America, 30 July 2010 [external link]
Iran stoning case asks to be reunited with her children, Guardian, 30 July 2010 [external link]
Iranian mother facing stoning pleads to see children, AFP, 30 July 2010 [external link]
Campaign to stop stoning, Fox News, 30 July 2010 [external link]
Iranian with stoning sentence tormented, AFP, 30 July 2010 [external link]
Protests held worldwide against execution of Iranian woman, CNN, 25 July 2010 [external link]
BBC 5 Live on Sakine's case, 24 July 2010 [external link]
Human Rights test case call for sharia law, Law Society Gazette, 24 June 2010 [ external link ]
Maryam Namazie interviewed on Sharia arbitration in Britain, BBC The World, 15 March 2010 [external link]
Maryam quoted on Fears over non-Muslim’s use of Islamic law to resolve disputes, The Guardian, 14 March 2010 [external link]
Maryam quoted on Scots Lawyers lead way with Sharia advice, Sunday Herald Scotland, 7 March 2010 [external link]
Maryam Namazie’s interview on International Women’s Day and situation in Iran, New Jersey USA’s progressive radio, 1 March 2010 [external link]
One Law for All on BBC Oxford, February 25, 2010One Law for All on BBC Oxford
Maryam is interviewed on February 11 protests in Iran on ITN News, 11 February 2010 [external link]
Maryam Namazie quoted on Sharia law, Express, 7 February 2010 [external link]
Maryam's article on Sharia law in the Independent World, February 1, 2010 [external link]
Maryam Namazie's debate on banning the burka, Ireland's Newstalk Radio, 31 January 2010[external link]
East meets west: speakers debate women’s rights and religious beliefs, The Irish Times, 27 January 2010 [external link]
Maryam Namazie on BBC Radio 4 on Sharia Law, 22 November 2009 [external link]
Maryam’s interview with the Secular Humanist League of Brazil, November 11, 2009 [external link]
BBC Our World, Interview with Maryam Namazie on Sharia law, October 2009 [external link]
BBC Woman's Hour interview on the burka with Maryam Namazie, July 2009 [external link]
Easy Living Magazine writes about Maryam Namazie and her campaigning work, July 2009 [internal link]
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On sharia law in Britain, French TV, March 11, 2009 [external link]
Women on Women, The Observer [external link]
Victims of Intimidation [external link]
It's time to take a stand against Islam and Sharia, The Times [external link]
Maryam Namazie - top 45 women of the 2007, Elle Quebec [external link]
Religion in schools, Teachers TV [external link]
On the veil, Islam and political Islam, Icelandic TV [external link]
On Islam, BBC's Newsnight [external link]
OTHER PRESS RELEASES
The courage of their convictions, AC Grayling, June 19, 2007[external link]
24 July - International Sakine Mohamadi Ashtiani Day, World Citizens against Stoning