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...
Famous Women
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...
Mohtaram Eskandari: Iran’s First Female Political Prisoner and Trailblazer for Women’s Rights
Mohtaram Eskandari was a fearless pioneer of Iran’s early women’s movement, whose legacy continues to inspire...
Mahrokh Goharshenas: A Pioneer of Girls’ Education in Iran
Mahrokh Goharshenas (1872–1938) was one of the foremost pioneers of girls’ education in Iran. In an...
Astevick Davitian: Daughter of Yeprem Khan and the Voice of Iran’s Revolutionary Women
Astevick Davitian was the courageous daughter of Yeprem Khan, the legendary Armenian commander who played a...
Mahasti Ganjavi: The Voice of a Persian Woman Poet Ahead of Her Time
In the heart of the 12th century, when women's voices were often muted by tradition and...
Zeinab Pasha: The Fearless Heroine of the Tobacco Protest Movement
Zeinab Pasha (d. 1892) stands as one of Iran’s most courageous and influential female revolutionaries, a...
Infinite Horizons: The Brilliant Life and Legacy of Maryam Mirzakhani
The Brilliant Life and Legacy of Maryam Mirzakhani Maryam Mirzakhani was not just a mathematician —...
Parvin Nourivand: A Golden Voice from the Era of Flowers
Few voices linger in the history of Iranian music, not just in the ears but in...
Marzieh, Legendary Diva of Persian Traditional Music
Ashraf os-Sadat Mortezaii (March 22, 1924 – October 13, 2010), known professionally as Marzieh, was a...
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
Qarchak Prison has once again become one of the primary detention centers for women protesters arrested in Tehran According to...
Adelabad Prison in Shiraz: Women Prisoners Face Critical Conditions after 2026 Iran Protests
In the aftermath of the violent crackdown on the nationwide protests of 2026, alarming reports have emerged regarding conditions in...
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.