Six prisoners hanged in Yazd including two women
NCRI - November 24, 2013 - The Iranian regime's henchmen hanged six prisoners including two women...
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Iran’s repression of women places it 130th in world gender equality
NCRI - November 11, 2013 - Iran under mullahs' rule has been ranked a lowly 130th...
House of Music spokesman sacked after demanding end to ban on women singers
NCRI - October 25, 2013 - The spokesman for Iran's House of Music has been sacked...
Council of Guardians approves bill allowing men to marry adopted daughters
NCRI - October 11, 2013 - The Iranian regime's Council of Guardians approved the bill which...
A young woman hanged in Mashhad
NCRI - September 30, 2013 - A young woman was hanged on Sunday, September 29 in...
Senior cleric urges tougher enforcement of women dress code at universities
NCRI - September 22, 2013 - A senior cleric in Iran urged much tougher measures and...
Police intensifies street repression of women
NCRI - September 14, 2013 - The head of the Iranian regime's police force, Brigadier General...
University gender segregation stepped up in Iran
NCRI - August 27, 2013 - Iran's Allameh Tabatabai University will become fully gender-segregated for the...
Cleric brands mixed-gender universities ‘harmful’
NCRI - August 24, 2013 - A senior Iranian cleric has restated the regime's draconian stance...
Women prisoners denied visits from children, activists arrested
NCRI - August 26, 2013 - Female political prisoners in Tehran's Evin Prison have been denied...
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...
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,...
Iranian Women Trapped by War, Poverty, and Domestic Abuse
The war and intensifying economic crises in recent months have exerted the greatest and most direct pressure on Iranian women,...
JINNEWS: An Account of Women Prisoners’ Resistance in Iran Amid Repression and Discrimination
Turkey’s JINNEWS, one of the region’s well-known news outlets covering women’s issues and human rights, published a report on June...
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.