Three women political prisoners deprived from family visitations
Golrokh Iraee, Atena Daemi and Maryam Akbari Monfared, three women political prisoners in the women's ward...
Women's News
Female Teachers’ protest gatherings in various cities of Iran
On Friday, October 5, 2018, female teachers participated in protest gatherings in Tehran, Kazerun and Alborz...
Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize
Nadia Murad, a young Yazidi woman from Iraq, and Denis Mukwege, a physician from the Democratic...
Michelle Bachelet,UN Rights Chief condemns Iran juvenile offender execution
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet , condemned the execution of Zeinab Sekaanvand Lokran,...
Karaj Hospital personnel resort to selling kidneys
Karaj hospital staff and personnel, most of whom are women, have resorted to selling kidneys...
Neda Yusefi sentenced to one year in prison and 74 lashes
The Appeals Court sentenced Neda Yusefi on October 3, 2018, to one year in prison...
FIFA president inquires about women entering sports stadiums in Iran
President of the World Federation of Football Federation (FIFA) sent a letter to the Iranian regime,...
Farangis Mazloumi calls on human rights organizations to save her son
Farangis Mazloumi, mother of political prisoner Soheil Arabi, sent out an audio message on October...
Nasrin Sotoudeh files complaint against the judge presiding her case
Nasrin Sotoudeh has filed a complaint with the SSF Court for Judges against Mohammad Moghisseh, the...
Women heads of household lose their jobs with closure of NGO complex
An NGO complex where women heads of household were learning job skills was closed down...
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.