IWD 2022 – Linda Chavez
The Hon. Linda Chavez, former Director of the White House Office of Public Liaison Speech to...
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IWD 2022 – Sylvia Lehman
Sylvia Lehman, MP and member of the Nutrition and Agriculture Committee of the German Bundestag Speech...
IWD 2022 – Dr. Christina Maria Bammel
Dr. Christina Maria Bammel, the Provost of the Evangelical Church of Berlin Speech to the IWD...
IWD 2022 – Michèle de Vaucouleurs
The Hon. Michèle de Vaucouleurs, MP, Chair of the French Parliamentary Committee for a Democratic Iran...
IWD 2022 – Frances Townsend
Frances Townsend, homeland security advisor to the US President (2004-2007) Speech to the IWD 2022 conference...
IWD 2022 – Dominique Attias
Dominique Attias, the President of the European Law Society Federation as of March 2021; the first...
IWD 2022 – Maria Carvalho
Maria Carvalho, MEP, Minister for Science and Higher Education (2003-2005), advisor to the President of the...
IWD 2022 – Michèlle Alliot-Marie
The Hon. Michèlle Alliot-Marie, MEP, France’s Interior, Defense, Foreign and Justice Minister (2002-2011) Speech to the...
IWD 2022 – Rt. Hon. Theresa Villiers
The Rt. Hon. Theresa Villiers, MP, UK Secretary of State for Environment and Northern Ireland (2020)...
IWD 2022 – Sarvnaz Chitsaz
Sarvnaz Chitsaz, Chair of the NCRI Women’s Committee Speech to the IWD 2022 conference in Berlin...
Sign our Statement to Halt the Death Sentence of 25-Year-Old Political Prisoner Arghavan Fallahi
Statement Calling for Immediate Action to Halt the Death Sentence of 25-Year-Old Political Prisoner Arghavan Fallahi We express our profound...
The Ineffectiveness of Population Policies in Iran: Economy, Aging, and the Overlooked Rights of Women
Abstract: A compilation of official data, media reports, and disclosures published in April, May, and June 2026 demonstrates that Iran...
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...
The 1988 Massacre: The Greatest Unpunished Crime Against Humanity
The Glorious Epic of Resistance by PMOI Women in the Anti-Human Clerical Regime's Prisons The massacre of over 30,000 political...
The Hidden Victimization and Exploitation of Widows in Iran
Exploitation of widows in Iran Introduction: The survival of the mullahs' regime rests on two fundamental pillars: overt suppression in...
Widows in Iran: An Analysis of Legal Challenges and the Structure of Discrimination
Introduction: In the political and legal structure governing Iran, misogyny and gender discrimination have been institutionalized as a fundamental principle,...
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.