Young women students display radiant participation in protests in Iran
As various protests have taken place in the streets of Iran over the past week, the...
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Significant presence of women in protests of various sectors in Iran
Women boldly displayed a significant presence in recent protests of various sectors in cities across Iran....
Arrest of women’s rights activists signal crisis in Iran human rights
Arrest of women’s rights activists signal crisis in Iran human rights. Amnesty International issued a statement...
New arrests of women activists in Iran
A new wave of arrests of women activists by Iran’s security agents has led to the...
Women participated in more protests during recent days in Iran
Women participated in more protests in Iran in recent days, along with crowds of demonstrators filling...
15 women among jailed protesters – Human Rights Watch
At least 15 women have been among jailed protesters, according to a news release by Human...
Women engaging in protests in Iran
In recent days, various sectors of society in Iran have witnessed scenes of women engaging in...
Three girls and a woman drown in waterhole due to Iranian officials’ indifference
Three girls and a woman drowned in a waterhole in the village of Zirdan, central Nik...
Niloufar Homafar and Yasaman Aryani detained in Qarchak Prison
Niloufar Homafar and Yasaman Aryani detained in Qarchak Prison Two young women who were arrested during...
Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh faces three new charges
Three new charges against human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh have been brought to the fore by...
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.