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Mitra Farazandeh (Persian: میترا فرازنده; born c. 1976) is an Iranian disability activist and visual artist.

Biography

Mitra Farazandeh was born in Tālesh city in northwestern Iran. She has a physical deformity. She lives in a village in Hashtpar (the city of Talesh) in the Gilan province of Iran.

Farazandeh has advocated for the visibility of sexual desire of women with disabilities. She writes about not feeling human due to her physical disability and struggling to recognize a need for love; and how her physical body has created false perceptions of her not having sexual needs. She earns a living by selling her drawings and paintings.

In 2018, Farazandeh is on the BBC's 100 Women award list of the most inspiring and influential women in the world.

See also

• Disability rights movement

References

1. ^ "Quiénes son las 100 Mujeres de la BBC de 2018 (y cuáles son las 12 latinoamericanas)". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 March 2022.
2. ^ "100 Women: 'Disabled women have sexual needs too'". BBC News. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
3. ^ Langer, S. J. (21 January 2019). Theorizing Transgender Identity for Clinical Practice: A New Model for Understanding Gender. London, England: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-78450-642-1.

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