Rebel, Spy, Heroine: The Fearless Life of Policarpa Salavarrieta
Policarpa Salavarrieta, known simply as La Pola, was a revolutionary figure and national heroine of Colombia...
Women in History
Margaret Mitchell: The Woman Behind Gone with the Wind and a Legacy of Southern Storytelling
Margaret Mitchell (November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949) was a groundbreaking American author, journalist, and...
Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The Trailblazer Who Ignited the Women’s Rights Movement
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was more than a 19th-century reformer — she was a revolutionary force who...
Anna Jarvis: The Woman Who Founded Mother’s Day and Fought to Protect Its Meaning
Anna Jarvis, an American social activist and devoted daughter, is best known as the founder of...
Doctor to the Forgotten: The Trailblazing Public Health Legacy of Sara Josephine Baker
Dr. Sara Josephine Baker (November 15, 1873 – February 22, 1945) was a fearless American physician,...
Trailblazer of Africa: The Unshakable Legacy of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, often hailed as the “Iron Lady of Africa,” made history in 2006 when...
Doris Lessing: Nobel Laureate, Feminist Voice, and Literary Icon Born in Iran
Born on October 22, 1919, in Kermanshah, Iran (then Persia), Doris Lessing emerged as one of...
Iron Will: The Life and Legacy of Indira Gandhi, India’s First Female Prime Minister
Indira Gandhi, India’s first and only female Prime Minister, was a woman of formidable will and...
Trailblazer and Chief: The Inspiring Life of Wilma Mankiller
Wilma Mankiller, the first woman to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, transformed Native...
Inez Milholland: The Suffrage Warrior Who Dared to Lead on Horseback
Inez Milholland (August 6, 1886 – November 25, 1916) was a bold, charismatic American suffragist, labor...
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.