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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Mahnaz Afkhami, is Founder and President of Women's Learning Partnership (WLP). She is also the Executive Director of Foundation for Iranian Studies and former Minister of Women's Affairs of Iran. She founded the Association of Iranian University Women and served as Secretary General of the Women's Organization of Iran prior to the Islamic revolution. Living in exile in the United States, Afkhami has been an advocate of women's rights for more than three decades, having founded and headed several international non-governmental organizations focused on advancing the status of women. Afkhami has lectured and published extensively on the international women s movement, women's human rights, women in leadership, women and technology, and women's participation in civil society building and democratization. Her books have been translated in multiple languages and distributed internationally.
