Rita Levi-Montalcini: The Nobel-Winning Neuroscientist Who Defied War, Gender Bias, and Age
Rita Levi-Montalcini, a pioneering Italian neurologist and Nobel Prize winner, is one of the most inspiring...
Women in History
Carrie Chapman Catt: Pioneering Leader of Women’s Suffrage and Social Change
Carrie Chapman Catt was a visionary American suffragist and activist whose leadership fundamentally shaped the women’s...
Katherine Wilson Sheppard: The Trailblazing Suffragist Who Won the Vote for New Zealand Women
Katherine Wilson Sheppard—better known as Kate Sheppard—stands as one of the most influential women in world...
Rosa Parks: The Courageous Civil Rights Icon Who Changed America
Rosa Parks, known as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement,” was a pivotal figure in...
Breaking Barriers: The Trailblazing Life of Nancy Astor, the First Woman in British Parliament
Nancy Astor Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor (19 May 1879 – 2 May 1964) made history as...
Trailblazer of Latin American Poetry: The Enduring Legacy of Gabriela Mistral
Gabriela Mistral, born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga in 1889 in the Elqui Valley of Chile, was a...
Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya: A Trailblazer in Mathematics and Women’s Rights
Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (15 January 1850- 10 February 1891) was a pioneering Russian mathematician whose groundbreaking...
Sabine Zlatin: The Courageous Guardian of Izieu’s Children
Sabine Zlatin (13 January 1907 – 21 September 1996), born Sabine Chwast in Warsaw, Poland, was...
Edith Green: A Trailblazing Force in U.S. Education and Politics
Edith Green was a pioneering American politician whose relentless advocacy for education reform and women’s rights...
Anne Jemima Clough: Pioneer of Women’s Higher Education in Britain
Anne Jemima Clough (20 January 1820 – 27 February 1892) was a trailblazing British educator and reformer...
Widowed Women in Iran: Main Problems and Challenges
Widowed Women in Iran, Alone and Oppressed in the Shadow of Discrimination In the Iranian legal system, where gender-based discrimination...
Hidden Sufferings and Modern Slavery: A Look at the Situation of Female Workers in Iran
Marking the International Labor Day 2025 Female workers in Iran, with calloused hands and exhausted bodies, carry the burden of...
Iranian Women’s Struggle: 651 Prominent Women Call for Solidarity
In a powerful statement of unity, 651 prominent women leaders, including former heads of state, ministers, jurists, and human rights...
Against All Odds, Iranian Women at the Forefront of Change
On the anniversary of the student uprising in Iran on July 9, 1999, we pay tribute to the young women...
Even with Power of Attorney, Iranian Women Face Barriers to Divorce
Widespread Refusal by Notary Offices Exposes Institutionalized Misogyny in Iran In Iran, a woman’s right to initiate divorce is not...
Qarchak Prison for Women: A Forgotten Hell, Shrouded in Repression and Corruption
Qarchak Prison in Varamin, known as the largest women’s prison in Iran, has become a symbol of systemic human rights...
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.