Head of Tehran’s Coffee Shops Union announced:
“Coffee shops should not be located across from or near women’s hairdressers or girls’ high schools!”
(State-run ISNA news agency – January 4, 2015)
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January 2026 nationwide uprising has been followed by a wave of continued arrests, harsh sentences, and continued judicial uncertainty for...
Low Female Participation as Part of a Policy of Suppression Gender Gap in Iran: Iranian women, under a religious dictatorship,...
Iranian women and youth are not passive victims of repression—they are the primary leaders and true architects of change. In...
We work extensively with Iranian women outside the country and maintain a permanent contact with women inside Iran. The Women’s Committee is actively involved with many women’s rights organizations and NGO’s and the Iranian diaspora.
The committee is a major source of much of the information received from inside Iran with regards to women. Attending UN Human Rights Council meetings and other international or regional conferences on women’s issues and engaging in a relentless battle against the Iranian regime’s misogyny are part of the activities of members and associates of the committee.
