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Women in History
Mary McLeod Bethune: The Educator Who Empowered a Generation
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Mary Wollstonecraft: Pioneer of Women’s Rights and Revolutionary Thinker
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Susan B. Anthony: The Unyielding Voice of America’s Women’s Rights Movement
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Angela Merkel: The Pragmatic Powerhouse Who Redefined Germany’s Leadership
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Joan Baez: The Voice of Conscience and the Queen of Folk Music
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: The Astronomer Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Stars
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María Cadilla de Martínez: Voice of Puerto Rican Culture and Women’s Empowerment
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Crushed by Design: Structural Crises and Inequitable Policies Push Female-Headed Households to the Edge
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A Report to CSW70: Gender-Based Discrimination Under Iranian Law
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Annual Report 2026: From Protests, to Uprising, and the Role of Iranian Women
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Athletes Who Won Their Championship on the Battlefield for Freedom
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Marjane Satrapi Dies at 56 as a Defiant Voice Against the Iranian Regime
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In Memory of Carol Fontaine: A Steadfast Advocate for Iranian Women and the Struggle for Freedom
The Iranian Resistance has lost one of its loyal friends and valued supporters. Carol Fontaine, a courageous human rights advocate...
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.