Marzieh, Legendary Diva of Persian Traditional Music
Ashraf os-Sadat Mortezaii (March 22, 1924 – October 13, 2010), known professionally as Marzieh, was a...
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Forough Farrokhzad, a poet for all ages
Forough Farrokhzad (December 29, 1934 - February 13, 1967) was the first Iranian poet to promote...
Joan of Arc, National hero of France
Joan of Arc is a worldwide legend of French patriotism. A young, simple village girl, she...
Parvin E’tesami, Unmatched Cultural Treasure of Iran
Parvin E'tesami (March 17, 1907 – April 4, 1941) is one of Iran’s unmatched cultural treasures....
Simin Behbahani Becomes Eternal
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Alenoush Terian – First astrophysics professor in Iran
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Qamar-ol-Moluk Vaziri , First Iranian Woman Who Sang on Stage
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Jaleh Qaem-Maghami wrote of women’s pains
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Simin Behbahani, Renowned Iranian Poetess
Simin Khalili, better known as Simin Behbahani (20 July 1927-19 August 2014) is one of the...
Bibi Maryam Bakhtiari, First Iranian Female Military Commander
Bibi Maryam Bakhtiari, (b. 1874, d. 1937) was a revolutionary and active member of the Iranian...
Femicide: Unpunished Crimes in Mullahs’ Iran
A Special Report by the NCRI Women's Committee on the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls Femicide:...
The list of women and girls who laid down their lives during Iran protests
The list of women and girls killed by Iranian security forces during the Iran uprising Women are leading a revolution...
Report to CSW68 – NCRI Women’s Committee
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International Human Rights Day and the Extensive Violation of Female Political Prisoners’ Rights in Iran
A Look at the Female Political Prisoners Deprived of Medical Care December 10, International Human Rights Day, serves as a...
Iranian Regime in the Grip of the Hijab Law: Confusion and Contradictions as the Deadline Nears
Just four days before the scheduled enactment of the controversial Chastity and Hijab Law, the Iranian regime is embroiled in...
Remembering the Victims of Genocide in Iran
What was their crime, asks Zohreh Shafaei, a survivor of the 1980s genocide in Iran December 9, observed as Genocide...
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.