Alice Paul: The Pioneering Leader of Women’s Suffrage in America
Alice Paul (January 11, 1885 – July 9, 1977) was a relentless American suffragist, feminist, and...
Women in History
Emmeline Pankhurst: The Fearless Leader of the British Women’s Suffrage Movement
Emmeline Pankhurst (15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was a pioneering British political activist and...
Begum Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah: Pioneer Diplomat, Politician, and Advocate for Women’s Rights
Begum Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah (July 22, 1915 – December 11, 2000) was a trailblazing Pakistani politician,...
Eleanor Ross Taylor: The Southern Poet Who Found Her Voice Late in Life
Eleanor Ross Taylor (June 30, 1920 – December 30, 2011) was an American poet celebrated for...
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...
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...
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.