Rita Süssmuth: A Guiding Light of German Democracy, Gender Equality, and Human Rights
Rita Süssmuth (February 17, 1937 - February 1, 2026) stands as one of the most influential...
Women in History
Františka Plamínková: Unbowed Voice of Czech Women’s Rights and Resistance
Františka Plamínková (5 February 1875 – 30 June 1942) stands among the most courageous champions of...
Abigail Kimber: The Radical Quaker Woman Who Challenged Slavery and Silence
Abigail Kimber occupies a striking yet often overlooked place in early American reform history. A Quaker...
Nancy Grace Roman: The Trailblazing “Mother of Hubble” Who Revolutionized Space Astronomy
Nancy Grace Roman (May 16, 1925 – December 25, 2018) was a pioneering American astronomer whose...
Graceanna Lewis: The Quaker Naturalist Who United Science, Art, and Abolition
Graceanna Lewis was a rare 19th-century polymath—an artist, naturalist, educator, and abolitionist whose life bridged science...
Anna Howard Shaw: A Fearless Voice of the American Suffrage Movement
Anna Howard Shaw (February 14, 1847 – July 2, 1919) was a pioneering American suffragist, physician,...
Lucretia Mott: The Quaker Reformer Who Helped Ignite Women’s Rights in America
Lucretia Mott stands among the most influential reformers of 19th-century America—a woman whose moral clarity and...
Mary Grew: American Abolitionist and Suffragist
Mary Grew was born on September 1, 1813, in Hartford, Connecticut and died on October 10,...
Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs: Pioneering Dutch Doctor and Champion of Women’s Rights
Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs (9 February 1854 – 10 August 1929) was a trailblazing Dutch physician and...
Avra Theodoropoulou: Pioneer of the Greek Women’s Rights Movement
Avra Theodoropoulou (October 3, 1880 – January 24, 1963) was a leading Greek feminist, educator, and...
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...
A Report to CSW70: Gender-Based Discrimination Under Iranian Law
Structural Inequality and State-Sanctioned Oppression of Women Gender-Based Discrimination Under Iranian Law” is the title of the NCRI Women’s Committee’s...
Annual Report 2026: From Protests, to Uprising, and the Role of Iranian Women
On the eve of International Women’s Day 2026, the NCRI Women’s Committee presents its Annual Report 2026, offering a recap...
How Internet Blackout in Iran Forces Women into Structural Poverty
The internet blackout in Iran—which is now entering a phase of drip-fed restoration after nearly three months of absolute blockage—has...
The Crimson Diary Under the Daily Shadow of Femicide in Iran
What follows is merely a horrifying glimpse into leaked news from an incredibly brief period—from mid to late May 2026....
Aziz Rezaei: Mother of Resistance, Teacher of Steadfastness
In the contemporary history of Iran, there are names that live not merely as memories, but as paths. The name...
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.