Kurdish conservationist Faranak Jamshidi imprisoned to serve her term
Kurdish conservationist Faranak Jamshidi was transferred to the Reform and Rehabilitation Center of Sanandaj to serve...
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Iranian motocross champion Shahrzad Nazifi sentenced to 8 years
Tehran’s Revolutionary Court sentenced Baha’i Iranian motocross champion Shahrzad Nazifi, a Baha'i citizen, to 8 years...
Five Iranian women’s organizations boycott the mullahs’ sham election
Five Iranian women's organizations of different ethnicities boycotted the mullahs' sham presidential election. They called on...
The sister of Navid Afkari vows not to vote, not to betray her slain brother
The mothers of the November 2019 martyrs once again reaffirm their pledge to boycott the mullahs’...
Kurdish student and activist Vian Mohammadi goes on hunger strike
Kurdish student and civil activist Vian Mohammadi has started a hunger strike in the Central Prison...
Retired teacher Nahid Fat’halian tested positive for the Covid-19 in Evin Prison
Retired teacher Nahid Fat'halian has tested positive for the Covid-19. Intelligence services have detained her in...
Intelligence Ministry mounts pressure on Maryam Akbari Monfared
Reports from the Central Prison of Semnan say that the clerical regime's Intelligence Ministry has mounted...
Young teachers to continue their protests until reaching their demand
Iranian teachers with various forms of temporary contracts held protests in Tehran and Isfahan from May...
The 118th woman executed under Rouhani in the Central Prison of Qazvin
A woman was executed along with her husband in the Central Prison of Qazvin at dawn...
A pro-democracy activist in Iran talks about her views to the Times Radio
“Speaking out and unfurling banners on the main roads in Tehran are quite dangerous that she...
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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.