Mastoureh Ardalan: A Woman’s Voice in Nineteenth-Century Kurdish Historiography
Mastoureh Ardalan(c. 1805–1848) stands as one of the most remarkable intellectual figures of nineteenth-century Iran and...
Famous Women
Fakhr al-Dowleh: The Philanthropic Lady Who Founded Tehran’s Taxi System
Fakhr al-Dowleh, a respected lady of the Qajar and Pahlavi era and mother of former Iranian...
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,...
Bibi Maryam Bakhtiari: The Brave Woman of the Constitutional Revolution and Iran’s Freedom Fighter
Bibi Maryam Bakhtiari (born 1874, died 1937) was one of the pioneering and influential women in...
Touba Azmudeh: Founder of the First Girls’ High School in Iran
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Samineh Baghcheban: Pioneer of Deaf Education and Children’s Literature
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Zandokht Shirazi: The Radical Voice of Iranian Women in the Early 20th Century
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Constitutional Revolution: Telli, A Brave Woman Among the Fighters
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The First Women Pilots in Iran – Pioneers Who Took to the Skies
The history of Iran is filled with remarkable women who broke barriers, challenged restrictive traditions, and...
Fatemeh Dorrat ol-Ma’ali: Pioneer of Girls’ Education and Prominent Social Activist in Qajar Iran
Fatemeh Dorrat ol-Ma’ali (born 1877) was a distinguished and influential woman of the Qajar era who...
Names That Must Not Be Forgotten
Iranian women Who Lost Their Lives in Iran’s January 2026 Uprising Iranian women played a central and courageous role in...
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...
Qarchak Prison: Detained Women Protesters, Astronomical Bail, and the Ordeal of Families
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Adelabad Prison in Shiraz: Women Prisoners Face Critical Conditions after 2026 Iran Protests
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Iran’s Nationwide Uprising: Rights of Detainees Systematically Violated
As the crackdown on popular protests intensifies, incoming reports about those detained during Iran’s nationwide uprising point to systematic pressure...
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.