Shahla Sherkat [SEP] place of birth
Shahla Sherkat
Shahla Sherkat (born March 30, 1956) is a journalist, prominent Persian feminist author, and one of the pioneers of Women's rights movement in Iran. 
Shahla Sherkat is founder and publisher of "Zanan magazine" ("zanan" means "women"), which focuses on the concerns of Iranian women and continually tests the political waters with its edgy coverage of everything from reform politics to domestic abuse to sex. "Zanan" has been the most important Iranian women's journal after the Iranian
Shahla Lahiji, and Shahla Sherkat, the editor of "Zanan", lead the debate on women's rights and demanded reforms. On August 27, 2006, the One Million Signatures Iranian women's rights campaign was started. It aims to end legal discrimination against women in Iranian laws by collecting a million signatures. The campaign supporters include many Iranian women's rights activists, international activists, and Nobel laureates. The most important post-revolution feminist figures are Mehrangiz Kar, Azam Taleghani, Shahla Sherkat, Parvin Ardalan, Noushin