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
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
Fatemeh Dorrat ol-Ma’ali (born 1877) was a distinguished and influential woman of the Qajar era who...
Crushed by Design: Structural Crises and Inequitable Policies Push Female-Headed Households to the Edge
Introduction Life for the Iranian people under the religious dictatorship is fraught with hardship and peril from every perspective. Whether...
A Report to CSW70: Gender-Based Discrimination Under Iranian Law
Structural Inequality and State-Sanctioned Oppression of Women Gender-Based Discrimination Under Iranian Law” is the title of the NCRI Women’s Committee’s...
Annual Report 2026: From Protests, to Uprising, and the Role of Iranian Women
On the eve of International Women’s Day 2026, the NCRI Women’s Committee presents its Annual Report 2026, offering a recap...
Iran’s Escalating Water Crisis: Energy Imbalance, Popular Protests, and the Role of Women
The water crisis in Iran has transcended a mere natural challenge, evolving into a human, environmental, and economic catastrophe. While...
Water Crisis in Iran: Women Bear the Brunt of Escalating Shortages
From securing family water to coping with poverty and migration, women are the primary victims of Iran’s escalating water crisis....
Feminization of Poverty in Iran Under War and Inflation
Iranian Women's Share of the International Day of Family Remittances; Feminization of poverty in Iran under the shadow of inflation....
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.