Some 800,000 people live with Schizophrenia in Iran without crucial support and services. Here are 3 steps the government should take to help counter the severe stigmatization and rights violations faced by this vulnerable community. ...
A year after Parliament ratified the Law for the Protection of the Rights of Persons With Disabilities, the Iranian government has approved only a tenth of the budget proposed by the State Welfare Organization (SWO) ...
Amendment Requires Guardian Council’s Approval After years of advocacy efforts by defenders of the rights of people with disabilities in Iran, the country’s Parliament has voted to pass an amendment that, if approved by the ...
The UN held a conference focused on improving access to inclusive ...
Every day women in Iran experience discrimination and violence. Some groups are more vulnerable than others. Children, women with disabilities and senior women face extreme violence with little means of seeking legal protections. All branches of the Iranian government are responsible for protecting women's rights. ...
Abdolreza Fouladvand, the head of the Education Department in Tehran Responding to news of an autistic child being treated inhumanely in a school, Iranian officials blamed the child and the parents for ...
Victims Face Social Stigma and Inadequate State Laws and Services “How many more victims should acid take until it’s banned, or its trade is limited, or a new law is passed so not everyone dares to ...
The mother of two autistic sons says there was no ...
Government Does Not Differentiate Between Intellectual and Psychological Disabilities At least 1.5 million people were living with intellectual disabilities in Iran in 2018 but only 350,000 of them were registered with the State Welfare Organization (SWO) that ...
A December 2018 meeting between disability rights activist and the head of Iran's Plan ...
“If I had a [state-provided] nurse to help me with personal daily chores, I would not have encountered so much violence.” “Sometimes my ex-husband hit me so harshly that I fell from my ...
Law for the Protection of the Rights of Disabled Persons Requires Designated Funding Current Budgetary Allocations Will Not Allow Implementation of Many Measures December 1, 2018--Iran should fulfill its responsibility to fully implement its ...
