Democratic Organization of Iranian Women
The Democratic Organization of Iranian Women (DAW; Persian: تشکیلات دموکراتیک زنان ایران) is the women's wing of the Tudeh Party of Iran. Led by Maryam Firouz,[2] it was founded in 1943 as the 'Organization of Iranian Women' (OIW) (Persian: تشکیلات زنان ایران, romanized: Tashkilat-i Zanan-i Iran) and joined Women's International Democratic Federation in 1947.[1] The organization "demanded radical transformations in the laws governing the rights of women in the family and at the workplace", according to Hammed Shahidian.[3] They published a monthly magazine named Bidari-e Ma (lit. 'Our Awakening'), edited by Zahra Eskandari-Bayat.[1] 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'.[1] References
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