Dame Rose Heilbron: Trailblazing Barrister Who Shattered Britain’s Legal Glass Ceiling
Dame Rose Heilbron (19 August 1914 – 8 December 2005) was a pioneering British barrister and...
Women in History
Marie Elisabeth Zakrzewska: Pioneer of Women’s Medical Education in America
Marie Elisabeth Zakrzewska (September 6, 1829 –May 12, 1902) was a trailblazing German American physician whose...
Lavinia Fontana: The Trailblazing Renaissance Woman Who Painted Her Way Into History
Lavinia Fontana (August 24, 1552 – August 11, 1614) stands as one of the earliest professional...
Trailblazer in Education and Civil Rights: The Legacy of Sarah Louise “Sadie” Delany
Sarah Louise “Sadie” Delany (September 19, 1889 – January 25, 1999) was an American educator, author,...
Mimi Parent: Visionary of Surrealist Object-Theater
Mimi Parent (September 8, 1924 – June 14, 2005) was a groundbreaking surrealist artist whose bold,...
Laura Secord: The Unsung Heroine Who Changed the Course of Canadian History
Laura Secord (September 13, 1775 –October 17, 1868) is remembered as one of Canada’s most courageous...
Trailblazer for Peace and Equality: The Life of Doris Amelia Blackburn
Doris Amelia Blackburn (September 18, 1889 –December 12, 1970) was an Australian politician, suffragist, and lifelong...
Juliette Nadia Boulanger: The Music Teacher Who Shaped the Sound of the 20th Century
Juliette Nadia Boulanger (September 16, 1887 –October 22, 1979) was not just a brilliant composer and...
Paulina Ossipenko: Trailblazing Soviet Pilot and Hero of the Skies
Paulina Ossipenko was a pioneering Soviet pilot renowned for her record-breaking long-distance flights and heroic contributions...
Trailblazer of the Skies: The Daring Life of Valentina Grizodubova
Valentina Grizodubova (27 April 1909 – 28 April 1993) was a Soviet aviation pioneer, record-breaking pilot,...
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...
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...
Iran’s Escalating Water Crisis: Energy Imbalance, Popular Protests, and the Role of Women
The Iran water crisis has transcended a mere climatic challenge, evolving into a structural catastrophe marked by severe ecosystem destruction...
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.