Female political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian is denied family visits
Female political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian has been deprived of her weekly family visits since December 24,...
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14 female gardeners injured in a road accident in Mazandaran
A bus transporting female gardeners of the Citrus Gardens in Mazandaran, overturned on Wednesday, December 26,...
54 young women models in Hormozgan were legally dealt with
The State Security Force of Hormozgan Province dealt with 54 young women in the province who...
Teachers and educators hold protests in Isfahan and Urmia
Thursday, December 27, 2018, the teachers and educators of Isfahan and Urmia held protests against low...
Four female students among those killed in Tehran university bus crash
The names of at least four female students are among the victims of a fatal bus...
Women participate in continuing protests throughout Iran
Women participate and join increasing protests by various social sectors across Iran. On Tuesday, December 25,...
Afsaneh Rezaii sent to prison for protesting her mother’s arrest
Afsaneh Rezaii, an elite master’s student of telecommunications at Shiraz University, was transferred to Adel Abad...
Marriage age increase rejected by Iran parliament
The parliamentary judicial and legal committee rejected the plan to increase the minimum age of marriage...
Between 10 – 15 percent of burns in Iran are self-immolation of women
The Burn Prevention Research Center reported that between 10 – 15 percent of burns in Iran...
Noushin the 86th woman executed under Rouhani
A young woman identified only as Noushin, 25, was hanged on Saturday, December 22, 2018, the...
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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.