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...
Women's News
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...
70 women cyclists arrested in Tehran for violating rules on Hijab
70 women cyclists have been arrested in Tehran’s Vali-Asr Square. Gholam Hossein Ismaeli, spokesman for the...
Women political prisoners attacked and brutalized in Qarchak Prison
Women political prisoners Yasaman Aryani, Neda Naji, Atefeh Rangriz, and Sepideh Qolian have been badly brutalized...
IRGC arrests 20 women at party in Hamadan
An IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) official in Hamadan Province announced the arrest of 20 women...
Leila Hosseinzadeh, Tehran U student activist, taken to Evin Prison
Student activist Leila Hosseinzadeh was arrested by intelligence forces on Sunday, July 28, 2019, and transferred...
Retired teachers resist security forces’ attack, continue their protest
A two-day protest demonstration by retired teachers was attacked by the State Security Force (SSF) on...
Maryam Akbari: Murderers in charge of 1988 massacre are still in power
On the anniversary of the massacre of political prisoners in Iran in summer 1988, political prisoner...
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...
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...
Women, Resistance, Freedom: The Unbroken Lineage from Camp Ashraf to Iran’s Gen-Z Revolution
When an early morning raid struck Camp Ashraf at 5:00 AM on September 1, 2013, the goal of Iran’s clerical...
Working to Survive: Iranian Women Between Poverty, Exhaustion, and Lack of Labor Protection
For many Iranian Women, losing a job or failing to find sustainable employment is not just about being unemployed; it...
Victims at Home: Report on 15 Women Killed in One Month
Misogynistic laws lie at the root of violence against women in Iran Victims at Home: Report on 15 Women Killed...
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.