Maryam Delbari Detained under Pressure in Adelabad Prison without Access to Medical Care
Nearly two months after her arrest, Maryam Delbari — a writer and former head of the...
Women's News
Azar Korvandi’s Life in Danger in Qarchak Prison
Azar Korvandi Mousazadeh, a political prisoner currently held in Qarchak Prison in Varamin, is in critical...
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...
Iran: Urgent Call to Save Arghavan Fallahi and Other Political Prisoners Under Torture
The Iranian Resistance has obtained new information on the whereabouts of Arghavan Fallahi, a 25-year-old woman,...
Narges Mansouri Launches Hunger Strike in Qarchak Prison
Narges Mansouri, a political prisoner currently held in Qarchak Prison in Varamin, has gone on a...
Lali Bameri, 40, Dies Three Days after IRGC Raid on Her Village
Lali Bameri, a 40-year-old Baluch woman and one of the victims of a deadly assault by...
Hamedan Erupts in Fury Over Killing of Two Young Motorcyclists
The city of Hamedan witnessed large-scale and impassioned protests on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, after the...
Volleyball Coach Solmaz Abbasi Killed by Husband in Lawyer’s Office
Solmaz Abbasi, a 43-year-old volleyball coach and newly hired schoolteacher, was brutally murdered by her husband...
Bloody Raid on Gonich Village, Leaves 1 Baluch Woman Dead, 11 Others Injured
In the early hours of Tuesday, July 1, 2025, the Gonich village, located in Iran’s southeastern...
Families of Political Prisoners Demand Their Freedom
Amid a growing wave of public opposition to death sentences and executions in Iran, today, Tuesday,...
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...
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...
4 decades of resistance for freedom by Generation Equality in Iran
June 20 marks the beginning of the Iranian people's resistance for freedom and democracy in 1981. Iran’s women pioneer their...
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.