Kim Campbell – Former Prime Minister – Canada
This is my third opportunity to speak to this group and I want to thank Mrs....
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lveta Radicova – Former Prime Minister Slovakia
Dear friends, I'm here only to say three sentences. First I'm here to say I'm your...
Sabine Leutheusser – Schnarrenberger Former Justice Minister – Germany
Dear Madam Rajavi, Ladies and gentlemen, For more than two hours we have heard a lot...
Maia Panjikidze – Former Foreign Minister (until Nov. 2014) – Georgia
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, I was born in the Soviet Union, in Georgia, where March...
Maria Candida Almeida – Deputy Attorney General – Portugal
I'm very proud to be here. Whenever there is a fight to protect and defend women's...
Frances Townsend – Former Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Assistant to President- U.S
We come together today on the eve of International Women's Day and it is a dark...
Valentina Leskaj – Vice-President of Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly – Albania
Dear colleagues, I'd like to say something about my country because it is a model where...
Ingrid Betancourt – Former presidential candidate- Colombia
I would like first to pay tribute to the women in Camp Liberty. I think we...
Nele Lijnen – Member of Parliament – Belgium
The difficult challenge of Islamic fundamentalism which is no longer a threat only to the Middle...
Margarita Duran VadeII – Senator – Spain
Almost every day we know of new atrocities committed by ISIS... All these movements that now...
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...
45 Years of Resistance for a Free Iran; A Future Built on a Democratic Republic
Free Iran 2026 Summit Brings Together International Political Figures to Emphasize thePath Toward a Democratic Iran On Saturday, June 20,...
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....
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.