Graceanna Lewis: The Quaker Naturalist Who United Science, Art, and Abolition
Graceanna Lewis was a rare 19th-century polymath—an artist, naturalist, educator, and abolitionist whose life bridged science and social justice. Best...
Robina Aminian
Art student killed during the 2026 Iran Uprising Robina Aminian, 22, an art student originally from Marivan and residing in...
Akram Peargazi
The First Woman Slain during the 2026 Iran Uprising Akram Peargazi was shot in the abdomen by Iranian regime security...
Internet Shutdown and Suppression Orders: Death Toll Surpasses 3,000
Partial list of women detained during the nationwide uprising The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced today, January 12,...
Iran Nationwide Uprising Spreads to 200 Cities as Violent Crackdown Intensifies
On Saturday night, January 10, 2026, the fourteenth day of Iran’s nationwide uprising, dozens of cities across the country witnessed...
Iran Uprising Expands to 173 Cities as Protests Intensify, Marking a New Phase in Popular Revolt
Over Thursday and Friday, January 8–9, 2026, Iran uprising of the Iranian people continued with unabated intensity in at least...
Fatemeh Khatun: From Captivity to the Heart of Mongol Power — The Story of an Influential Iranian Woman
In the mid-thirteenth century, when the Mongol Empire ruled over vast stretches of Asia and Iran, an extraordinary Iranian woman...
Women, Resistance, and the Future of Iran
Welcome to the first podcast of the NCRI Women's Committee in 2026. And it is, quite an intense start to...
Anna Howard Shaw: A Fearless Voice of the American Suffrage Movement
Anna Howard Shaw (February 14, 1847 – July 2, 1919) was a pioneering American suffragist, physician, and ordained minister whose...
Soheila Azizi, the Second Woman Executed in Iran in 2026
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, January 7, 2026, the death sentence of Soheila Azizi was carried out 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.