Student activist Maryam Faraji has disappeared
Student activist Maryam Faraji has disappeared since Thursday, July 5, 2018, after leaving her residence in...
Women's News
Women actively participated in protests in Borazjan, Mashhad, Shiraz
Women actively participated in protests against shortage of water in Borazjan. Their presence was also prominent...
Shaparak Shajarizadeh was sentenced to 20 years in prison
Shaparak Shajarizadeh was sentenced to 2 years in prison and 18 years’ probation for protesting the...
Over 3 million women heads of household in Iran are unemployed
Over 3 million women heads of household in Iran are unemployed. This was revealed by Massoumeh...
Sepideh Farhan (Farahabadi) was sentenced to six years in prison
Sepideh Farhan (Farahabadi) was sentenced to six years in prison. She found out about this on...
Marriages of girl children under 15 reached 350 in Bushehr Province
Marriages of girl children under 15 reached 350 in Bushehr Province in the Iranian year 1396...
Kowthar Maternity Hospital in Orumieh lacks minimum medical facilities
Kowthar Maternity Hospital in Orumieh lacks minimum medical facilities to offer the necessary medical services to...
Young girls in Zabol have to get married at 14
Young girls in Zabol are forced into marriage at young age. This was asserted by Aziz...
Early marriages of girl children in Iran have dire consequences
Early marriages of girl children in Iran have dire consequences for them. Zahra Mirzaii, a social...
A woman was hanged in the Central Prison of Orumieh
A woman was hanged in the Central Prison of Orumieh. The execution of this woman took...
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...
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...
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.