Young Iraqi woman gets killed in Iraq protests by security forces
A young Iraqi woman, Noor Marwan, studying in the Medical School of Baghdad, was killed during...
Women's News
Haniyeh Daemi is summoned and intimidated by Tehran’s Security Police
Tehran’s Security Police has summoned Haniyeh Daemi - the sister of political prisoner Atena Daemi. October...
Women farmers, cheap workers in Iran’s agricultural sector
Iranian women farmers are paid less than men. Qassem Sukhtesaraii, director of the Agricultural Organization in...
Iran women futsal players – unequal pay, unpaid salaries of female referees
“Male futsal players earn five times greater than women futsal players,” said one of the members...
23 women arrested in a party in Mashhad for dressing improperly
The Moral Security Police of Mashhad arrested 23 women in a party. On Thursday, October 24,...
MOIS prevents treatment of Kurdish political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian
The Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) has been preventing granting furlough to Kurdish political prisoner...
Sepideh Qolian starts a hunger strike in Qarchak Prison
Political prisoner Sepideh Qolian went on hunger strike on Sunday, October 20, 2019, to protest increasing...
Ensiyeh Daemi barred from visiting her sister, Atena Daemi
In her twitter account Ensiyeh Daemi posted that her family was banned from meeting her sister...
Girl children sifting through garbage to make ends meet
Girl children sifting through garbage to earn a meager living are victims of absolute poverty in...
Justice-seeking mothers – victims of persecution and detention
Seventeen female political prisoners in the Women’s Ward of Evin Prison signed and published a statement...
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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.