Nasrin Shojaii
Nasrin Shojaii was a young girl from the large Shojaii family from the Bakhtiari Tribe, renowned...
The Fallen for Freedom
Ezzat Nouri (Mother Khademi)
Mrs. Ezzat Nouri passed away in Tehran in mid-August 2021, after 45 years of struggle for...
Farahnaz Zarfchi
Farahnaz Zarfchi was born in 1963 to a family that supported the People’s Mojahedin of Iran...
Akram Yazdi Ostovar
Akram Yazdi Ostovar was born in 1960 to a hardworking family in Qazvin. Under the Shah,...
Azam Attarzadeh
Friends of Azam Attarzadeh know her as Shahrbanoo. She was born in 1961 in Boroujerd, in...
Zahra Ahmadizadeh
Zahra Ahmadizadeh was born in Abadan, southwestern Iran, in 1955 to a religious, middle-class family. Her...
Elaheh Orouji
Elaheh Orouji, 25, was born to a prosperous family. She was a student of architectural engineering...
Fahimeh Tahsili
Fahimeh Tahsili was born on September 4, 1957. She dedicated her intelligence, education, and future to...
Parvaneh Peivastegan
Parvaneh Peivastegan was born on April 27, 1962, in Tehran. She experienced a difficult childhood, and...
Giti Sadegh
Giti Sadegh was introduced to the MEK when she was very young: she was a relative...
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.