Women’s National Canoe Polo Team of Iran lacks facilities to practice
The Women’s National Canoe Polo Team of Iran is facing many problems during the cold season....
Women's News
Hengameh Vahedian slams lack of accountability on father’s arrest
Hengameh Vahedian, a female student in Mashhad, published an open letter protesting the lack of accountability...
Female students play active role in protest rallies in Tehran
Female students of the central unit of Tehran’s Azad University confronted the Guidance Patrol forces during...
Lamya Hemadi and three other women get arrested arbitrarily
A young woman, Lamya Hemadi, 20, was arrested 20 days ago by intelligence agents and taken...
Akram Rahimpour, wife of labor activist, threatened by MOIS agents
Akram Rahimpour, the wife of labor activist Jafar Azimzadeh, has been threatened by agents of the...
Women’s unemployment rate in Iran rises 25% in 7 years
The unemployment rate of women in Iran has risen 25% in seven years according to the...
Early marriages are the worst oppression of Iranian girls
Early marriages are the worst form of oppression of girls in Iran. In a gathering discussing...
Women’s active role in recent protests in various Iran cities
From October 20 to 23, 2018, plundered investors, housing applicants and students held a number of...
Girl children in Sistan and Baluchestan make up majority of drop outs
An Iranian regime official acknowledged the catastrophic statistics on the number of girl children left out...
Young women arrested in August uprisings receive jail sentences
Azar Heydari was sentenced to one year in prison. Niloufar Homafar and Mojdeh Rajabi were each...
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...
JINNEWS: An Account of Women Prisoners’ Resistance in Iran Amid Repression and Discrimination
Turkey’s JINNEWS, one of the region’s well-known news outlets covering women’s issues and human rights, published a report on June...
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...
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