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,...
Famous Women
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
Touba Azmudeh (born 1878 – died September 23, 1936) is remembered as one of the most...
Samineh Baghcheban: Pioneer of Deaf Education and Children’s Literature
The passing of Samineh Baghcheban, writer, translator, and one of the founders of deaf education in...
Zandokht Shirazi: The Radical Voice of Iranian Women in the Early 20th Century
Zandokht Shirazi, born Fakhr ol-Molouk (1909–1952), was one of the earliest Iranian journalists, poets, and women’s...
Constitutional Revolution: Telli, A Brave Woman Among the Fighters
In the tumultuous history of Tabriz and the Constitutional Revolution, there are names of women whose...
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
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Noor ol-Hoda Mangeneh: The Voice of Iranian Women in an Era of Transformation
Noor ol-Hoda Mangeneh, widely known by her cultural title Monir al-Saltaneh, was one of the prominent...
Fakhrozma Arghun: The Woman Who Wrote the Future with Her Pen, Her Classroom, and Her Courage
At a time when women’s voices were drowned out in a male-dominated society, Fakhrozma Arghun stepped...
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...
Nationwide Iran Uprising Expands to 207 Cities; Protesters’ Morale Remains High Despite Bloody Crackdown
On Tuesday, January 13, 2026, the nationwide Iran uprising entered its third week, spreading to at least 207 cities and...
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...
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.