Research is an integral part of Simorgh’s activities. It has pioneered research on women and the media, violence against women and the documentation of oral history based on women’s narratives. Its other areas of interest are women in literature and literature by women, literary translations, religious fundamentalisms, and the patriarchal family and education with a special emphasis on participatory teaching methodology, and the production of school texts based on women’s rights and human rights.

As part of its agenda for social change, one avenue that Simorgh has followed is publications. Based on original research, women’s literature in translation, training material, manuals, posters, cards, annual diary, etc. Simorgh has selected the following areas of focus:

· Women’s Rights as Human Rights
· Violence against Women
· Mediatic Representation of Women
· Education and other knowledge systems
· Religious fundamentalisms and Women’s Oppression
· Ideology and the Family
· Women’s Histories and Women in History
· Women’s Literature