Soghra Khodadadi, the Butcher of Qarchak Prison
Soghra Khodadadi’s Dark Record at Qarchak Prison: From Beatings and Forced Veiling to Medical Deprivation and...
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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...
Humanitarian Crisis in Qarchak Prison: Lives of Political Prisoners at Risk
Women Political prisoners recently transferred from Evin Prison to Qarchak Prison in Varamin are being held...
Against All Odds, Iranian Women at the Forefront of Change
On the anniversary of the student uprising in Iran on July 9, 1999, we pay tribute...
Even with Power of Attorney, Iranian Women Face Barriers to Divorce
Widespread Refusal by Notary Offices Exposes Institutionalized Misogyny in Iran In Iran, a woman’s right to...
Qarchak Prison for Women: A Forgotten Hell, Shrouded in Repression and Corruption
Qarchak Prison in Varamin, known as the largest women’s prison in Iran, has become a symbol...
4 decades of resistance for freedom by Generation Equality in Iran
June 20 marks the beginning of the Iranian people's resistance for freedom and democracy in 1981. ...
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...
Widowed Women in Iran: Main Problems and Challenges
Widowed Women in Iran, Alone and Oppressed in the Shadow of Discrimination In the Iranian legal system, where gender-based discrimination...
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 practice reflect the inefficiency...
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 anti-people policies, plundering, and...
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, the very individuals who...
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.