Anna Howard Shaw: A Fearless Voice of the American Suffrage Movement
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Women in History
Lucretia Mott: The Quaker Reformer Who Helped Ignite Women’s Rights in America
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Mary Grew: American Abolitionist and Suffragist
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Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs: Pioneering Dutch Doctor and Champion of Women’s Rights
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Avra Theodoropoulou: Pioneer of the Greek Women’s Rights Movement
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Millicent Fawcett: The Steady Voice That Won Britain’s Women the Vote
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Kalliroi Parren: Greece’s Trailblazing Feminist Journalist and Architect of the Women’s Movement
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Ella Baker: The Quiet Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement
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More than 400 Prominent Women Demand Halt to Iran Execution of Political Prisoner Zahra Tabari
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The Gendered Dimensions of the Water Crisis in Iran: Impacts on Women’s Health, Livelihoods, and Security
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The Failure of Iran’s Population Growth Law Despite the Repression of Women
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Internet Shutdown and Suppression Orders: Death Toll Surpasses 3,000
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Iran Nationwide Uprising Spreads to 200 Cities as Violent Crackdown Intensifies
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Iran Uprising Expands to 173 Cities as Protests Intensify, Marking a New Phase in Popular Revolt
Over Thursday and Friday, January 8–9, 2026, Iran uprising of the Iranian people continued with unabated intensity in at least...
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.