Marguerite Canal: France’s Trailblazing Female Conductor and Composer
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Women in History
Leymah Gbowee: Peace Warrior, Nobel Laureate & Global Voice for Women’s Empowerment
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Tawakkol Karman: Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Human Rights Icon, and Voice of the Arab Spring
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Umm Kulthum: The Voice of Egypt Who Shaped Arab Music Forever
Umm Kulthum, often hailed as the Voice of Egypt and the eternal queen of Arab music,...
Frozen in Time: The Tragic Everest Legacy of Hannelore Schmatz
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Esther Hobart Morris: The Reluctant Trailblazer Who Redefined American Justice
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Toni Morrison: Pulitzer Prize Winner and Nobel Laureate Who Redefined American Literature
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Unheard But Unbowed: Naomi Anderson and the Fight for Every Woman’s Vote
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Sameera Moussa: Egypt’s Trailblazer of Atomic Science and Peace
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Javiera Carrera: The Mother of Chile and Revolutionary Icon of Latin America
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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.