Research Institute for Sustainability Helmholtz Centre Potsdam

Mojdeh Pour Yazdah Khah

Mojdeh Pour Yazdan Khah

Fellow

Mojdeh Pour Yazdan Khah is a PhD candidate focusing on policy to promote women's health. She comes from Tehran, Iran, where she earned a bachelor's degree in law. After working as a contract expert at Saipa Automotive Group and later completing a master's degree in international law, she and her husband moved to Ukraine to continue their education. In Ukraine, she began her PhD on the international law concerning women's health at the Faculty of International and European Law at the National University of Kharkiv. Due to the war in Ukraine, she is currently unable to defend her dissertation.

  • PHD Student in international Law, Faculty of International Law and European Law, Karazin Kharkov University Ukraine - 2020-2023
  • Master of International Law, Tehran-Varamin Azad Eslamic Republic University - 2018
  • Expert in arranging contracts for the purchase and sale of autoparts with manufacturers and factories in Saipa Automotive Group - 2008-2011
  • Bachelor of Judical Law from Payame Noor University of Tehran-Parand - 2009
  • Internship in the court of legal and criminal branch of Robat Karim City for six months - 2007
  • Diploma in Mathematics and Physics from Tehran Iran - 2004

  • Women's and children's rights
  • Violence against women and children
  • Ways to prevent and create appropriate conditions for the health of society and the duties of governments
  • Sexual crimes
  • Types of punishments for human rights violations by international organizations in developing countries
  • Ways to achieve equal sexual rights and elimination Gender inequalities
  • The specific problems of women in the world
  • The goals of third millennium development and sustainable development
  • Animal rights
  • The rights of refugees and war refugees
  • The problems and performance of governments on the path to sustainable development
  • The political and historical situation of the Middle East
  • The future prospects of Europe

Publications prior to joining the RIFS

  • The right of women's health in international law
  • Monitoring the implementation of CEDAW
  • Violence against women and it's effects on the mental and physical health
  • Women's rights and international agreements
  • COVID-19 and Women's Health
  • Women's Health is a tool for World Happiness
  • International legal regulation of women's rights
  • Women's rights in Iran with a look at the current situation of women's health rights in this country
  • Challenge of the European Union
  • Women health rights in Ukraine
  • The status of women in european law