International Day to Eliminate VAW – Nov 25
November 25 marks the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women. This is a good opportunity...
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Three women among those slain in 3 days of uprising in 107 Iran cities
Three women were among those killed during the first three days of the nationwide uprising in...
Fuel price hike sparks protests by women and youths in 65 cities
Protests flared across Iran in at least 65 cities over shock fuel price hike. The price...
Security Force beats up young woman walking without the compulsory veil
This video clip shows a young woman in Shahr-e Rey, a suburb of Tehran, walking in...
Child laborers in Iran, the hungriest, the most oppressed
The number of child laborers in Iran exceeds 7 million. Their conditions are product of organized...
Tehran University students protest Rouhani’s presence, persecutions
Tehran University students held a protest against Rouhani’s presence at Tehran University on Wednesday, October 16,...
September saw more crackdown on women in Iran despite global censure
The world was shocked in September by the death of a young female football fan in...
Azadi Stadium hosts token number of women under tight security control
Exactly one month after Sahar Khodayari lost her life, limited numbers of Iranian women allowed into...
Girl children in Iran are most vulnerable under a misogynous regime
Being a woman and a child, makes girl children in Iran the most vulnerable under the...
Sign the Petition: Demand Urgent International Action to Protect Women Prisoners in Iran
Iran's Women Prisoners: A Human Rights Emergency Demanding Immediate International Action September 2026 To: The UN High Commissioner for Human...
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...
Girl Children in Iran: A Childhood Besieged by Poverty, Child Marriage, and Violence
International Day of the Girl Child is an opportunity to highlight the fundamental rights of all children to education, security,...
Executions of Women in Iran in 2026: The Human Cost of State Violence
Mothers, Child Brides, and Victims; 54 Killed in 12 Months As the World Day Against the Death Penalty is observed,...
Women Teachers in Iran Struggle with Inflation and Low Wages
Every year, October 5, World Teachers’ Day, provides an opportunity to recognize millions of teachers around the world and to...
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.