Female Inmates Join Week 118 of Hunger Strike Despite Threats
Female Inmates Join Week 118 of Hunger Strike Despite Threats The “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign...
Women's News
Iran Regime Sentences Third Woman to Death Over Protests
Iran regime has sentenced Maryam Hodavand, a 45-year-old political prisoner held in women’s ward of Evin Prison,...
Iran’s Healthcare Workers Continue Protest for Second Day
Protests by healthcare workers in Yazd, the capital of a key central province in Iran, entered...
Iran’s Regime Pressures Imprisoned Women to Halt Anti–Death Penalty Campaign
Reports from Evin Prison point to a sharp increase in pressure on political detainees, particularly imprisoned...
9-Year-Old Girl’s Murder Exposes Iran Regime’s Failure to Protect Children
The mutilated and charred body of 9-year-old girl, identified as Fatemeh Zahra Hosseinbar, was discovered four...
Forced Confessions Lead to 25-Year Sentence for Mother Over Iran Protests
Fatemeh Abbasi, a 34-year-old mother and one of the thousands detained during the January 2026 Iran...
Two Women Face 74 Lashes and 7 Years Prison over Iran Protests
The Iranian judiciary has sentenced two women to a combined total of seven years in prison...
“No to Executions Tuesdays” Campaign Marks 117th Week Across 56 Prisons
Amid escalating protests over the use of capital punishment and growing public concern about the situation...
Kurdish Female Fighters among Three Killed in Iranian Regime’s Strikes
Three Iranian Kurds, including two Kurdish female fighters, were killed in drone and rocket strikes in...
Young Female Kurdish Fighter Killed in Drone Attack by Revolutionary Guards
Ghazal Mowlan, a member of the Peshmerga forces of the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan, has...
Sign the Petition: Demand Urgent International Action to Protect Women Prisoners in Iran
Iran's Women Prisoners: A Human Rights Emergency Demanding Immediate International Action September 2026 To: The UN High Commissioner for Human...
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...
Women Teachers in Iran Struggle with Inflation and Low Wages
Every year, October 5, World Teachers’ Day, provides an opportunity to recognize millions of teachers around the world and to...
Health Crisis and Overcrowding in the Women’s Ward of Fardis Prison
Fardis Prison in Karaj, also known as Kachouii Prison or the Fardis Correctional Facility, is in the Hosseinabad area of...
New Academic Year 2026 in Iran: Female University Students Face Security, Economic, and Educational Pressures
At the beginning of the new academic year, students at universities across Iran are facing a range of problems and...
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.