55% of Child Abuse Cases in Iran Involve Young Girls
A Disturbing Rise in Child Abuse and the Vulnerability of Young Girls A largely overlooked aspect...
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Child Marriage in Iran: An Institutionalized Violence Against the Girl Child
Child marriage in Iran remains legal and widespread. The forced and early marriage of girls is...
Safe Shelters: The Deep Gap Between the Reality of Domestic Violence and Support Services for Abused Women in Iran
Safe Shelters in Iran are temporary passages that, although seemingly symbols of refuge and support, in...
The Devastated Economy and Explosive Poverty: Key Drivers of Domestic Violence
Explosive poverty and the collapse of people’s livelihoods—resulting from an exhausted and devastated economy caused by...
Iranian Children, Victims of Poverty, Discrimination, and a Child-Killing Regime
World Children’s Day is meant to be a moment to reflect on the future of children,...
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists: A Cry for Justice and Freedom in Iran
November 2 – International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists Every year on November...
The Son of Zahra Tabari told The Sun: My hero mum is not afraid to die
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 – The Sun, the British daily, published an exclusive interview with Soroush...
Maryam Rajavi trailblazing the road to gender parity in a free Iran
Maryam Rajavi trailblazing the road to gender parity in a free Iran October 22, marks the...
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: Women Heads of Households, the Voiceless Pillars of Poor Families
While the world, on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (October 17), emphasizes social...
Breaking Barriers: The Struggle of the Iranian Girl Child
October 11 – International Day of the Girl Child The Struggle of the Iranian Girl Child:...
More than 400 Prominent Women Demand Halt to Iran Execution of Political Prisoner Zahra Tabari
More than 400 prominent women from across the globe, among them Nobel Prize winners, former presidents and prime ministers, parliamentarians,...
The Gendered Dimensions of the Water Crisis in Iran: Impacts on Women’s Health, Livelihoods, and Security
How Iranian Women Shoulder the Heavy Burden of a Deepening Crisis Download Italian Version The water crisis in Iran has...
The Failure of Iran’s Population Growth Law Despite the Repression of Women
A Glance at a Costly and Ineffective Policy The “Youthful Population Law” in Iran vs. Women’s Human Rights Following a...
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...
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.