Touran Mirhadi, educator and children’s book author
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Famous Women
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The first non-silent Iranian movie, The Lor Girl, was screened in 1933 in Tehran. Sedigheh Saminejad...
Parvin E’tesami, Renowned Iranian Poetess
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Benazir Bhutto – Prime Minister of Pakistan
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Indira Gandhi
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Dr. Fatemeh Sayyah
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Iranian Women First Entering Politics
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The Society of Women’s Wellness Messengers (Jamiyat-e Peyke Saadat-e Nesvan )
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Susan Brunel Antony
Born: February, 15 1820 in Addams, Massachusetts Died: March, 13 1906 (86 years old) in Rochester,...
Annual Report 2026: From Protests, to Uprising, and the Role of Iranian Women
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Iranian Women Who Lost Their Lives in Iran’s January 2026 Uprising
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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,...
March 8: International Women’s Day and the Leading Role of Iranian Women in the Struggle for Freedom
March 8 is celebrated worldwide as International Women's Day, a day that honors over a century of women's fight for...
A Free Iran Starts with Women in Charge
Maryam Rajavi’s movement puts women in leadership and demands equality as a foundation, not a slogan — a direct assault...
The Women-led Resistance the Iranian Regime Fears Most
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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.