Protests by various social sectors in Iran, women actively participate
Women actively participated in protests by different sectors of Iranian society held in recent days. On...
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Prisoners experience inhuman conditions in women’s ward of Khoy Prison
Some 40 prisoners detained in the women’s ward of Khoy Prison, West Azerbaijan, have been displaced...
30,000 unemployed nurses in Iran despite acute shortage of nurses
Due to limited funds and lack of employment license, there are 30,000 unemployed nurses in Iran....
Two civil activist women tortured by intelligence agents in Iran
Two civil activist women, Hakimeh Ahmadi and Nasim Sadeqi, were tortured by the Ministry of Intelligence...
At least 14 young women and girls commit suicide in Iran cities
At least 14 young women and girls in Iran have committed suicide and ended their lives...
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....
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...
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...
Parisa Kamali: “If Today I Stand on the Right Side of History, I Owe It to the PMOI”
Audio message from PMOI political prisoner Parisa Kamali on the anniversary of the founding of the People's Mojahedin Organization of...
Forough Taghipour and Arghavan Fallahi: We are Generation Z—Anti-Dictatorship, and Opposed to Both the Shah and the Mullahs
Message from PMOI political prisoners Forough Taghipour and Arghavan Fallahi from Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison on the anniversary of the...
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...
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.