Women were actively involved in Tehran and Hashtgerd protests
Women were actively involved in a big rally held outside the Central Bank in downtown Tehran...
Women's News
Sufi woman Maryam Farsiabi tried after six months in jail
Sufi woman Maryam Farsiabi was tried by branch 15 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court and sentenced to...
Homa Soltani passed away at 27
Homa Soltani, 27, suffered a heart stroke and died on August 3, 2018. Homa was one...
Eight girls wounded in fire at welfare center in Mashhad
Eight girls got wounded in a fire which broke out at midnight on Thursday, August 2,...
Suicide took the lives of five more women and girls in Iran
Suicide took the lives of five more women and girls in Iran. A teenage Kurdish girl...
Girls under 10 got married in southwestern Iranian province
Girls under 10 got married in the southwestern Iranian province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad over the...
Baha’i women in Iran dismissed from jobs, sentenced to jail
Baha’i women in Iran are either sent to jail for several years or dismissed from their...
Women and girls actively participated in 4th day of Iran protests
Women and girls continued to actively participated in the fourth day of Iran protests on Friday,...
Sufi women brutalized again in Qarchak Prison
Sufi women imprisoned in Varamin's Qarchak Prison (a.k.a. as Shahr-e Ray) were beaten up again by...
Women political prisoners endure further pressure in jails
Women political prisoners have been subjected to additional pressure in Iranian prisons. Political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian...
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...
A Report to CSW70: Gender-Based Discrimination Under Iranian Law
Structural Inequality and State-Sanctioned Oppression of Women Gender-Based Discrimination Under Iranian Law” is the title of the NCRI Women’s Committee’s...
Annual Report 2026: From Protests, to Uprising, and the Role of Iranian Women
On the eve of International Women’s Day 2026, the NCRI Women’s Committee presents its Annual Report 2026, offering a recap...
JINNEWS: An Account of Women Prisoners’ Resistance in Iran Amid Repression and Discrimination
Turkey’s JINNEWS, one of the region’s well-known news outlets covering women’s issues and human rights, published a report on June...
Iran’s Escalating Water Crisis: Energy Imbalance, Popular Protests, and the Role of Women
The Iran water crisis has transcended a mere climatic challenge, evolving into a structural catastrophe marked by severe ecosystem destruction...
Day 2 of Free Iran 2026: Broad Support for 10-point plan and Criticism of Western Appeasement
On Sunday, June 21, 2026, the second day of the “Free Iran 2026 – Supporting the Democratic Alternative” conference was...
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.