In 1942, Dr. Fatemeh Sayyah became Iran’s First Female Professor when she was awarded the chair of Russian Language and Comparative Literature at Tehran University.
Iranian regime authorities flogged two female protesters detained during the January 2026 uprisings before sending them to prison to begin serving their time. Neda Dadehjani and Setayesh Sarabi,...
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For many Iranian Women, losing a job or failing to find sustainable employment is not just about being unemployed; it marks the beginning of a cycle of economic...
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Journalism student, Maryam Javadi, who has been sentenced to five years in prison by the Isfahan Revolutionary Court, is serving her sentence in Ward 2 for convicted female...
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On the morning of Monday, August 24, the death sentence of a 23-year-old woman named Arezoo Rastad was carried out in Isfahan Central Prison (Dastgerd). Arezoo Rastad who...
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The Prison Memoir of Azam Haj Heydari from The Price of Being Human — Part Twenty In the twentieth installment of Azam Haj Heydari's prison memoir, published in...
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Statement Calling for Immediate Action to Halt the Death Sentence of 25-Year-Old Political Prisoner Arghavan Fallahi We express our profound...
Abstract: A compilation of official data, media reports, and disclosures published in April, May, and June 2026 demonstrates that Iran...
Introduction Life for the Iranian people under the religious dictatorship is fraught with hardship and peril from every perspective. Whether...
For many Iranian Women, losing a job or failing to find sustainable employment is not just about being unemployed; it...
Misogynistic laws lie at the root of violence against women in Iran Victims at Home: Report on 15 Women Killed...
In the summer of 2026, an Iran healthcare workers protest wave highlights how the country’s health system faces chronic financial...
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.
