Victoria Jamali

Victoria Jamali, in Persian: ویکتوریا جمالی, is an environmental rights activist and expert in environment law from Iran. She was a founding member of the Women’s Society Against Environmental Pollution and founded the Iranian Society of Environmental Law.

Education Jamali graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 1974, with a Masters qualification in rural and regional resource planning.

Career After graduation she returned to Iran and began work at the Institute of Environmental Studies at the University of Tehran. In 1993 they founded the Women’s Society Against Environmental Pollution (WSAEP). In 1999 and 2001 she took part in two research visits to the USA sponsored by Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide.

By 2001, Jamali was Assistant Professor in the Graduate Faculty of Environment at the University of Tehran and was leading research in environmental law in Iran. In order for the programme to be passed she had to convince senior male colleague at Tehran University of its legitimacy.

Jamali has been prominent in campaigns including those advocating for reduction in air pollution and protection of the Persian cheetah. She has been vocal about a lack of environmental protection in general in Iran. Jamali has published on environmental law as part of her research and has translated academic articles to Persian from English.

Selected publications 'Ongoing environmental research of the University of Tehran about the city of Tehran' 'Traditional irrigation in Iran: Qanat'