The 2022 Uprising: Echo of Generations Who Refused to Yield
The 2022 Uprising: Echo of Generations Who Refused to Yield Three years ago, streets from Tehran...
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Femicide in Iran: An Unending Tragedy that Repeats Every Day
Femicide in Iran: Femicide represents the extreme end of domestic violence, when women are murdered by...
World Suicide Prevention Day: Annual 10% Increase in Deaths from Suicide in Iran
On World Suicide Prevention Day, it is an opportunity to address one of the hidden and...
Black Friday: The Pioneering Role of Women in the Anti-Shah Movement
September 8, 1978 (17 Shahrivar 1357), later remembered as “Black Friday,” stands as one of the...
Tens of Thousands Rally in Brussels Celebrating 60 Years of Struggle for Freedom in Iran
Tens of Thousands Rally in Brussels Celebrating 60 Years of Struggle Against Two Dictatorships for Freedom...
Bojnourd Prison: Female Prisoners Detained under Systematic Repression
Bojnourd Prison, located in North Khorasan Province is one of the main detention centers for women...
Dr. Anna Záborská: A Steadfast Voice for Human Rights and Women’s Freedom in Iran
Dr. Anna Záborská was born on June 7, 1948, in Zurich, Switzerland. She completed her medical...
Soghra Khodadadi, the Butcher of Qarchak Prison
Soghra Khodadadi’s Dark Record at Qarchak Prison: From Beatings and Forced Veiling to Medical Deprivation and...
International Youth Day: Young Iranian Women Carry the Torch of Freedom
Across the world, August 12—International Youth Day—celebrates the potential of the next generation to shape a...
State-Sanctioned Child Marriage: A Look into the Legalization of Early Marriages in Iran
While many countries around the world have taken steps in recent decades to outlaw child marriage...
Sign our Statement to Halt the Death Sentence of 25-Year-Old Political Prisoner Arghavan Fallahi
Statement Calling for Immediate Action to Halt the Death Sentence of 25-Year-Old Political Prisoner Arghavan Fallahi We express our profound...
The Ineffectiveness of Population Policies in Iran: Economy, Aging, and the Overlooked Rights of Women
Abstract: A compilation of official data, media reports, and disclosures published in April, May, and June 2026 demonstrates that Iran...
Crushed by Design: Structural Crises and Inequitable Policies Push Female-Headed Households to the Edge
Introduction Life for the Iranian people under the religious dictatorship is fraught with hardship and peril from every perspective. Whether...
Women, Resistance, Freedom: The Unbroken Lineage from Camp Ashraf to Iran’s Gen-Z Revolution
When an early morning raid struck Camp Ashraf at 5:00 AM on September 1, 2013, the goal of Iran’s clerical...
Working to Survive: Iranian Women Between Poverty, Exhaustion, and Lack of Labor Protection
For many Iranian Women, losing a job or failing to find sustainable employment is not just about being unemployed; it...
Victims at Home: Report on 15 Women Killed in One Month
Misogynistic laws lie at the root of violence against women in Iran Victims at Home: Report on 15 Women Killed...
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.