Forough Farrokhzad, a poet for all ages
Forough Farrokhzad (December 29, 1934 - February 13, 1967) was the first Iranian poet to promote...
Famous Women
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
Simin Behbahani Iran's lady of poetry is no longer among us but will be forever remembered...
Alenoush Terian – First astrophysics professor in Iran
Alenoush Terian was born in Tehran on November 9, 1920. Her Father translated parts of Shahnameh...
Qamar-ol-Moluk Vaziri , First Iranian Woman Who Sang on Stage
Qamar-ol-Moluk Vaziri (born Qamar Khanum Seyed Hosayn Khan in 1905 in Tehran) was the first Iranian...
Ghazaleh Alizadeh stood up to oppression with her pen
Ghazaleh Alizadeh (Fatemeh) was born in February 1949, in the city of Mashhad. She pursued a...
Jaleh Qaem-Maghami wrote of women’s pains
Alamtaj or Jaleh Qaem-Maghami, poet and writer, was born in Farahan on February 20, 1884, and...
Simin Behbahani, Renowned Iranian Poetess
Simin Khalili, better known as Simin Behbahani (20 July 1927-19 August 2014) is one of the...
Sedigheh Dolat-Abadi, leading women’s rights activist in Iran
Sedigheh Dola-Abadi was a freedom loving woman and one of the first advocates of women’s rights...
Touran Mirhadi, educator and children’s book author
Touran Mirhadi (1927-November 8, 2016) was an Iranian educator, researcher, and author. She was an expert...
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.