Iran: Life of Yaresan prisoner of conscience in danger in Qarchak
The life of a prisoner of conscience in the notorious Qarchak Prison for women is in...
Women's News
Iran: Plundered women take part in protest in Mashhad
Women and men plundered by the fraudulent IRGC-backed Caspian Credit Institute staged a protest in Mashhad,...
Iran: Number of women heads of household doubled
The number of women heads of household has more than doubled in a 20-year period. This...
Iran: Ten-fold growth of women victims of AIDs in two years
The number of AIDs victims among women has increased ten folds in the past two years....
Iran: 70% of carpet weavers are women, majority are heads of household
70% of carpet weavers in Iran are women and a large percentage of them are heads...
Iran: Women’s addiction has risen to 12 per cent
Unofficial figures indicate that the number of addicted women in Iran has risen from 3 to...
Iran: 20 young women and men arrested at a party
Some 20 young women and men were arrested at a party in Khazarshahr, near Fereydoun Kenar,...
Iran: Two young women commit suicide in Ilam
Two young women committed suicide recently in a village in Ilam. On Friday, May 18, 2018,...
Iran: Women are present everywhere as nationwide protests continue
Protests by all social strata continue all across Iran and women are present in every scene....
Iran: Women protesters appear in court
Eleven detainees including a woman arrested in Arak during the Iran uprising in December 2017- January...
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.