Iran feminist protests: Transnational connections and solidarities

Since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Tehran on September 16, 2022, there have been mass protests in Iran led by young Iranian women and their supporters. Internationally, the support for this Iranian feminist uprising has been overwhelming both within the Iranian diaspora(s) and through regional and global socio-political movements.

CERC Migration hosted a panel that brought together scholars and activists who shared their critical insights on these events through a transnational lens. The panelists led a discussion around the potential for transnational solidarities and connections that have emerged between various migrant, diasporic and transnational communities mobilized by the figure of Mahsa Amini.

Chaired by:

Amin Moghadam, CERC Migration, Toronto Metropolitan University

Nima Naghibi, Department of English, Toronto Metropolitan University

Speakers included:

• Pouria Lotfi, Café Pamenar, Toronto   
• Chowra Makaremi, Tenured researcher at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paris
• Sardar Saadi, Anthropologist, University of Rojava
• Dorni Sardari, Queer Feminist, Toronto
• Sima Shakhsari, Associate Professor, Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, University of Minnesota