Fatima Jinnah: The Sister Who Became the Mother of the Nation
Fatima Jinnah (30 July 1893 – 9 July 1967), often revered as the Mother of the...
Women in History
Rosalind Elsie Franklin: The Unsung Heroine of DNA Discovery
Rosalind Elsie Franklin (25 July 1920 – 16 April 1958) was a pioneering British chemist and...
Katarina Taikon-Langhammer: The Unyielding Voice of Sweden’s Romani People
Katarina Taikon-Langhammer (29 July 1932– 30 December 1995) was a Swedish Romani activist, writer, and actress—often...
Kamala Kaul Nehru: The Unsung Freedom Fighter Who Shaped India’s Destiny
Kamala Kaul Nehru (1 August 1899 – 28 February 1936) was an Indian freedom fighter, social...
Stephanie Louise Kwolek: The Inventor Who Revolutionized Modern Armor with Kevlar
Stephanie Louise Kwolek (July 31, 1923 – June 18, 2014) was an American chemist best known...
Helen Amelia Thomas: Trailblazing Journalist and White House Pioneer
Helen Amelia Thomas (August 4, 1920 – July 20, 2013) was a groundbreaking American journalist known...
Joan of Arc: The Fearless Warrior-Saint Who Changed the Course of History
Heroine, Saint, and Symbol of Courage Joan of Arc, known as La Pucelle d'Orléans (The Maid...
Esma Redžepova: Voice of the Roma, Soul of Macedonia
Esma Redžepova-Teodosievska, born on August 8, 1943, in Skopje, rose from the heart of the Balkans...
Mary Ritter Beard: Historian, Activist, and Pioneer of Women’s History
Mary Ritter Beard (August 5, 1876 – August 14, 1958) was a groundbreaking American historian, educator,...
Elsie Inglis: Trailblazing Surgeon, Suffragist, and War Heroine
Dr. Elsie Inglis (16 August 1864 – 26 November 1917) was a pioneering Scottish physician, surgeon,...
More than 400 Prominent Women Demand Halt to Iran Execution of Political Prisoner Zahra Tabari
More than 400 prominent women from across the globe, among them Nobel Prize winners, former presidents and prime ministers, parliamentarians,...
The Gendered Dimensions of the Water Crisis in Iran: Impacts on Women’s Health, Livelihoods, and Security
How Iranian Women Shoulder the Heavy Burden of a Deepening Crisis Download Italian Version The water crisis in Iran has...
The Failure of Iran’s Population Growth Law Despite the Repression of Women
A Glance at a Costly and Ineffective Policy The “Youthful Population Law” in Iran vs. Women’s Human Rights Following a...
Why Iran’s Nationwide Uprising Continues Despite Brutal Repression
Uprising Enters 17th Day Across Iran On Tuesday, January 13, 2026, Iran’s nationwide uprising entered its 17th consecutive day, with...
Nationwide Iran Uprising Expands to 207 Cities; Protesters’ Morale Remains High Despite Bloody Crackdown
On Tuesday, January 13, 2026, the nationwide Iran uprising entered its third week, spreading to at least 207 cities and...
Internet Shutdown and Suppression Orders: Death Toll Surpasses 3,000
Partial list of women detained during the nationwide uprising The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced today, January 12,...
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.