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– The Hamdam App: Breaking taboos and empowering Iranian women (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News October 26, 2017

A queer feminist, Soudeh Rad wanted to create an app about sexuality and legal rights. Her idea, submitted to a competition organised by United for Iran's IranCubator project, sparked a collaboration that created Hamdam, an app that has been downloaded over 165,000 times in Iran since it was launched.
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