Iran: Women’s U17 futsal team withdrawn from youths’ Olympic
It is the right of U17 women to participate in the Youths’ Olympic in Argentina. This...
Women's News
Iran: Zaweh girl children get married at 11
The average marriage age for girls is in Zaweh is 11. Zaweh is a village located...
Iran: Protests resume in Kazeroun, women play active role
Thousands of men and women took to the main square of Kazeroun on Wednesday, May 16,...
Iran: Female protestor in alarming condition at Women’s Ward of Evin
Zahra Zare’e, presently confined at the Women’s Ward of Evin Prison, is in dire physical condition,...
Iran: Solidarity of Mothers for Peace and Reconciliation
Kurdistan Mothers for Peace and Reconciliation visited Dayeh Sharifeh (Sharifeh Zarini), mother of death row political...
Iran: Women’s angry protests against corrupt financial institutes
Women continue to actively participate in protests against corruption of financial institutes and plunder of people’s...
Iran: Women partake in protests of teachers, retired education staff
A large number of women were among the teachers and retired Education Ministry staff who had...
Iran: Woman MP admits to use of violence against teachers
Use of violence against the peaceful gatherings of teachers on Thursday, May 10, 2018, which led...
Iran: Women’s futsal championship was not broadcast
With the victory of the Iranian women's futsal team over Japan's in the final game of...
Iran: Woman jailed for opposing compulsory veil goes on hunger strike
A woman who has been arrested and detained for the second time in an extrajudicial measure...
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...
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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.