Democratic Organization of Iranian Women should not be confused with Women's Organization of Iran.
| Organization of Iranian Women | |
| Colorcode: | Red |
| Newspaper: | Bidari-e Ma |
| Ideology: | Marxist feminism |
| Slogan: | Persian: ما هم در این خانه حقی داریم "We, too, have rights in this house" |
| National: | Tudeh Party of Iran |
| International: | Women's International Democratic Federation |
| Country: | Iran |
The Democratic Organization of Iranian Women (DAW; Persian: تشکیلات دموکراتیک زنان ایران) is the women's wing of the Tudeh Party of Iran.
Led by Maryam Firouz,[1] it was founded in 1943 as the 'Organization of Iranian Women' (OIW) (Persian: تشکیلات زنان ایران|Tashkilat-i Zanan-i Iran) and joined Women's International Democratic Federation in 1947.[2]
The organization "demanded radical transformations in the laws governing the rights of women in the family and at the workplace", according to Hammed Shahidian.[3] They published a monthly magazine named Bidari-e Ma, edited by Zahra Eskandari-Bayat.[2]
OIW was banned in 1949, along with Tudeh itself and other affiliates, but the party managed to revive it in 1951 with another name: 'Democratic Organization of Iranian Women'.[2]