Women entering stadiums opposed by Attorney-General in Iran
With the World Federation of Football Federation (FIFA) setting a deadline for Iranian women entering the...
Women's News
Collective suicides of two families in less than a week in Yazd and Neyriz
Amid the shocking news of the social harms in Iran under the mullahs' rule, the collective...
Women’s rights and labor activists in the clerical regime’s jails
Two women’s rights activists, Maryam Mohammadi and Esrin Derkaleh, have been moved from the Intelligence Ministry...
Asal Mohammadi, arrested and transferred to Evin prison
Asal Mohammadi, a civil rights activist and a student at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at...
Teachers protest in Tehran, Tabriz, Isfahan, Kermanshah, and Ahvaz
Iranian teachers and educators have been protesting in various cities in recent days demanding their basic...
44 girls under 15 in Hamadan became mothers in 2018
The Director of Iran’s Census Organization in Hamadan Province stated that in 2018, 44 girls under...
Nurses and teachers, rural women hold protests to demand their rights
Nurses working in hospitals of Mashhad held a protest outside the Governor’s Office in this capital...
Situation of women heads of household, social harm and gender gap
In recent days, officials and experts in the mullahs' regime have confessed to new statistics and...
Zahra Akbari-Nejad Dorcheh, wife of political prisoner, arrested
Zahra Akbari-Nejad Dorcheh, the wife of political prisoner Abolghassem Fouladvand, was arrested by security forces and...
55 years for three women’s rights activists; Parvin Advaii arrested
Three women’s rights activists held in Qarchak Prison (Shahr-e Ray) have been sentenced to a total...
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...
A Report to CSW70: Gender-Based Discrimination Under Iranian Law
Structural Inequality and State-Sanctioned Oppression of Women Gender-Based Discrimination Under Iranian Law” is the title of the NCRI Women’s Committee’s...
Annual Report 2026: From Protests, to Uprising, and the Role of Iranian Women
On the eve of International Women’s Day 2026, the NCRI Women’s Committee presents its Annual Report 2026, offering a recap...
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...
Day 2 of Free Iran 2026: Broad Support for 10-point plan and Criticism of Western Appeasement
On Sunday, June 21, 2026, the second day of the “Free Iran 2026 – Supporting the Democratic Alternative” conference was...
45 Years of Resistance for a Free Iran; A Future Built on a Democratic Republic
Free Iran 2026 Summit Brings Together International Political Figures to Emphasize thePath Toward a Democratic Iran On Saturday, June 20,...
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.