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...
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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...
Eleven women imprisoned on death row held in Qarchak Prison
Eleven women imprisoned on death row are held under inhumane conditions in the Qarchak Prison of...
Women actively participated in recent protest gatherings in Iran
Women actively participated in the protest gatherings of different social sectors in mid-October, including the protests...
Yasaman Ariyani, Saba Kord Afshari each sentenced to one year in jail
The Iranian Judiciary issued a one-year sentence each for two young women, Yasaman Ariyani and Saba...
Addiction age has plunged under 15 for Iranian women and girls
Addiction has been spreading at an alarming rate among Iranian women and girls, compelling the regime’s...
Baha’i women continue to get arrested and dismissed for their faith
The arrest and dismissal of Baha’i women and citizens have continued in various cities over 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.