Mahlaqa Mallah, "Mother of Iranian Environment," Passes Away
Mahlaqa Mallah, founder of the environmental NGO "Women's Society for Combating Environmental Pollution," who was referred to as the "Mother of Iranian Environment," passed away.
Dr. Mahlaqa Mallah, known as the "Mother of Iranian Environment," died on Monday morning (November 8), November 8, at the age of 104.
Mahlaqa Mallah was born in 1296, in an Abbasid caravanserai along the way, while her parents were traveling with a caravan to Mashhad for pilgrimage.
Mahlaqa's father lived in different cities due to his government position. For this reason, Mahlaqa studied in various cities such as Mashhad, Quchan, Isfahan, Damghan, Hamedan, and Kermanshah.
After studying philosophy, social sciences, and sociology at the University of Tehran, Mallah received a master's degree in social sciences. Then, he went to Paris to continue his studies and studied social sciences at the Sorbonne, returning to Iran with a doctorate.
In 1968, he was appointed head of the library of the Institute for Psychological Research.
After retirement, Mahloq Mallah devoted her full time to fighting environmental pollution and in 1994, with the participation of several university professors interested in the environment, she founded the environmental non-governmental organization "Women's Society for Fighting Environmental Pollution".
Mahlaqa Mallah spent the last two decades of her life in this community, educating housewives and school teachers about the environment. The community she founded has branches in 16 provinces of Iran.
He also spoke at government conferences. At one of these conferences, called “Civil Society Pact with Officials for Blue Skies,” he proposed the establishment of a Ministry of Environment. He said that if Iran had an Environment Minister, no one would dare to engage in anti-environmental activities.
In an interview with Deutsche Welle, Mallah wished: "All Iranian people would come to an understanding that they would see how they are destroying their nature. We have come to this issue through various channels. I have been fighting for sixty years and I tell women that their rights are worth taking! No one comes to give them at home. Every woman should know this. I did not study women in the kitchen or in the living room. I have studied women in the circle of nature. Women are not second-class citizens; in fact, they are first-class citizens. And all issues come back to women."
Source: DW
