Young teenagers turn women heads of household without any support
In Iran, the average age of women heads of household has dropped to 14. The shocking...
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Election Boycott: Regime Officials Have Blood on Their Hands
Political prisoner Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee has called for an election boycott of the regime. Ebrahimi, currently...
Nejat Anvar Hamidi: Eyesight at Stake
Nejat Anvar Hamidi, a political detainee, languishes in an Ahvaz prison. She is at risk of...
Shortage of Classrooms: A Major Educational Problem in Iran
A deficiency of as many as 12,000 classrooms in Tehran Province has turned it into one...
Women with contagious diseases held among other prisoners in Qarchak
According to prisoners recently released from Qarchak Prison, women with contagious diseases are held in the...
Three women’s rights activists sentenced to 31 years in jail
Three women’s rights activists Yasaman Aryani, Monireh Arabshahi and Mojgan Keshavarz were sentenced to more than...
Civil activist Rezvaneh Ahmad Khanbeigi sentenced to six years in jail
Civil activist Rezvaneh Ahmad Khanbeigi was sentenced to an additional six years in prison on Sunday,...
Home of journalist and women’s rights activist raided by IRGC
The home of Moloud Hajizadeh, a journalist and women’s rights activist, was raided by IRGC intelligence...
Nurses’ Salaries Delayed; Health Ministry Offers Empty Promises
Across Iran, delays in paying nurses’ salaries can take up to six months. The regime had...
Cases of 5 female civil activists to be implemented without revision
The cases of 5 female civil activists involved in the case of Haft Tappeh sugarcane workers...
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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.