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...
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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...
Anniversary of the 1988 Massacre: Silence is Not an Option—A Crime in Progress
On the anniversary of that crime against humanity, the mullahs’ regime executed two PMOI political prisoners—amid...
Women’s Retirement Made Tougher Under New Social Security Law
In a fresh wave of regressive reforms, the Iranian regime has significantly tightened the conditions for...
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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.