Asiyeh Rakhshani
Asiyeh Rakhshani had never seen her homeland, Iran, which she loved very much. Her parents, both...
The Fallen for Freedom
Zahra Rajabi, Hero and Champion of Refugee Rights
Zahra Rajabi was born in Tehran in 1957. She was a student of the School of...
Pouran Najafi
A story of endurance and love: Life of Pouran Najafi Pouran Najafi was born in 1963...
Azar Rezaii
Born in 1960 in Tehran, Azar was one of the daughters of the famous and popular...
Mahshid Farzanesa
Born in 1958 in Tehran, she got to learn about the Shah's oppression in very young...
Mahnaz Kalantari
Mahnaz Kalantari is another one of the shining stars who gave her life for her people...
Sorayya Senemari
Sorayya was born in 1959 in Isfahan and finished her high school there. Then she joined...
Fatemeh Najarian
Fatemeh was born in 1955 in Tehran. She lost her father when she was very young...
Tahmineh Rahimnejad
Tahmineh was born in 1955, in Gorgan, northern Iran. She studied chemistry at Ferdowsi University of...
Nahid Raafati
Nahid was born in 1952 in the city of Qouchan, northeast of Iran. After finishing high...
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.