Farideh Mashini


Farideh Mashini or Farideh Machini was an Iranian researcher, Islamic feminist, women's rights activist, and reformist. she was a member of the reformist party, Islamic Iran Participation Front, and a member of Women's rights movement in Iran, secretary of the Women's Participation Front, and researcher at Iran's Women's Study Center.
She died of cancer on 30 May 2012.

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Farideh Mashini believed that “There is no contradiction to what is written in the Quran and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women ” and said, "we should be an example to the world by ratifying the CEDAW and promoting the future of our women.”