Roja Bandari

Roja Bandari is a PhD student in electrical engineering at UCLA California. She began her involvement in women's rights through her participation in the One Million Signatures Campaign initiated by women in Iran which aims at gaining gender equality in the legal system.

Iran: human rights lawyers in distress

The Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh is on a life-threatening dry hunger strike in Evin prison. Silencing Sotoudeh is to silence one brave, talented, and resourceful woman, but also to silence a multitude of civil and political activists

By Roja Bandari and Philip Grant

/ 8 Nov 2010

The Iranian Nightmare

These past days have been a nightmare. I and my fellow Iranians have been watching the small amount of democracy present in Iran erased within a day. Everything we hear from Iran is heartbreaking but more than anything, I have been anxiously watching the international media.

By Roja Bandari

/ 16 Jun 2009

Iran's virtual crackdown

Women's rights activists in Iran have been hit by a fresh crackdown that threatens a vital campaigning tool A few days ago we hit a new low in

By Roja Bandari

/ 23 May 2008

How do you turn off compassion?

by Roja Bandari My recent challenge has been trying to go about life as usual at the university and at home in California. Unfortunately this simple task is becoming more

By Roja Bandari

/ 3 Dec 2007

Iran’s women: listen now!

The courageous voices of the women of Iran's One Million Signatures campaign demand to be heard. Roja Bandari tells their story. I could write about gender violence in

By Roja Bandari

/ 26 Nov 2007