Conference: "A New Perspective to Early Marriage in Iran" Reported by the Public Relations Office of Women and Family Studies Research Center, the conference on "A New Perspective to Early Marriage in Iran" was held by WFRC on Dec. 17, 2017. Read more Ceremony: Unveiling of the Jurisprudential Book "Asda' ar-Riqab" Based on the report by the Public Relations Office of Women and Family Studies Research Center, the ceremony for unveiling the jurisprudential book Asda' ar-Riqab and of the sixth issue of the scientific Gender and Family Journal was held on Dec. 17, 2017. Read more Conference: "Rule of No Loss and Abortion from the Viewpoint of Jurisprudence and Law" Based on announcement of the Public Relations Office of Women and Family Research Center, the scientific conference on the "Rule of No Loss and Abortion from the Viewpoint of Jurisprudence and Law" was held on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017 in the WFRC office. In the conference, Hojat-ul-Islam Sajjadi Amin elaborated on the subject of presentation. Read more Seminar: "Typology of Religious Thinkers of Women Studies" The seminar was attended and presented by Mr. Mohsen Badreh, Mohamad Pezeshki, Reza Khorasani, Majid Dehghan, MohamadReza Zibaeinejad, Fariba Alasvand MohamadTaghi Karami, and Mahdi Mahrizi. The event was held on Nov. 1, 2017 in WFRC office. During the seminar, the ideas of Muslim thinkers of the field were discussed. Read more WRC Intensive Course on Gender and Women's Studies The first Intensive Course on Gender and Women's Studies (Iran, February 2018) The Women and Family Research Center (WRC) Qom, Iran, is pleased to offer the first short-term course on Gender and Women's Studies to be held on 20 February, 2018. This 1- Week program endeavors to enhance scholarly attention to Gender and Women's Studies based on Islamic Shi’a point of view and seeks to offer an original and insightful image of women in Iran. This immersive course provides 16 hours of supported academic lectures and discussion, along with the chance to take part in reflective events. The program includes guided visits to the local and cultural sites of three important cities of Qom, Isfahan and Tehran in order to provide a view of day-to-day life in Iran. All faculty, students and researchers are invited to apply. Read more Conference: Confrontation with Intl Documents in Education Based on the report by the Public Relations Office of Women and Family Studies Research Center, the conference on the Confrontation with Int'l Documents in Education was held on Sep. Read more Scientific Meeting: "Gender in Int'l Documents" The scientific meeting titled "Gender in Int'l documents" was held on Sep. 21, 2017 in which Dr. Zohreh Kharazmi elaborated on the subject of the meeting. Read more The National Conference of “Gender and Family in the View of Allameh Tabatabaei” Was Held Based on the report by the Public Relations Office of the Women and Family Research Center, the opening ceremony of the National Conference of Gender and Family in the View of Allameh Tabatabaei was held on Thursday, 23rd Feb. 2017 in the management center of Women’s Seminary. Read more Training workshop held on sociological theories of gender WFRC training workshop was held on sociological theories of gender. Read more Scientific conference on religion, family, and social developments held in Qom Scientific conference on religion, family, and social developments was held in Qom with the participation of the President of the Holy See's Pontifical Council for the Family, director of Qom religious seminary (Hawza) for women and a number of officials and professional experts on the subject of woman and the family. Read more The professor of Basle University of Swiss: Increasing presence of women in Church positions influenced by three waves of feminism The Protestant theology professor of Basle University of Swiss, Reinhold Bernhardt, told that the increasing presence of women in Church positions has been influenced by three waves of feminism and roots in feminist movements. Read more Participants in the international Shia studies course visited WFRC Public affairs of WFRC reported that the participants in Shia studies course from Germany, Austria, Australia, Poland and Japan visited WFRC and became familiar with scientific and research activities of the center. Read more Women’s role in Shiite rites studied in a meeting in the presence of the professor of the University of Western Welsh in England Visiting WFRC and its faculty members, Dr. Yafa Shanneik presented her study approaches in the area of Islamic studies in the subject of “Women’s role in religious rites and marriage development trend among Shiites and the Europe”. She stated that the area of Islamic studies, specifically the Shiites, has not been studied as much as it deserves in the West and the Western knowledge is mostly based on the news they hear, public relations of WFRC reported. Read more A faculty member of WFRC visits Indonesia in response to the invitation by Hasanuddin University in Makassar A faculty member of WFRC, Mrs. Alasvand, in a visit to Indonesia, participated in the scientific conference of Hasanuddin University, in Makassar. Read more The women’s cultural activist from Oman visits WFRC The women’s cultural activist from Oman visited WFRC. Read more The second virtual learning workshop (VTW) for non-Iranian students WFRC reported that the second virtual learning workshop (VTW) for non-Iranian students was held through web conferencing. Read more Educated women and social activists from Indian Subcontinent countries visit WFRC A group of educated women and social activists from Indian Subcontinent states (Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh) visited women and Family Research Center (WFRC) in Qom. Read more Chastity and veil (Efāf and Hijāb) activists from Azerbaijan visited WFRC A group of chastity and veil activists from Azerbaijan visited WFRC in the holy city of Qom. Read more Training workshop held on sociological theories of gender WFRC training workshop was held on sociological theories of gender. Read more Scientific conference on religion, family, and social developments held in Qom A group of chastity and veil activists from Azerbaijan visited WFRC in the holy city of Qom. Read more
