Iran: Women prevented from watching beach soccer in Boushehr
The security department of the Ministry of Sports and Youths prevented women from sitting to watch...
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Iran: Forcible marriages leaves young women to set fire to themselves
Forcible marriages are among the most important reasons for young women setting themselves on fire in...
Iran: Women take part in protests in Orumiyeh, Kermanshah
Women participated in the protests of health caretakers and employees of Medical Sciences universities in Kermanshah...
Iran: Two young women commit suicide due to poverty
Two young women simultaneously committed suicides, ending their own lives in Marivan, Iranian Kurdistan. Two sisters...
Iran: Yaresan women are detained in horrible conditions in Qarchak
Yaresan women are held in deplorable conditions in the Qarchak Prison in Varamin, recently published reports...
Iran: Park-e Laleh mothers call for unity and solidarity for freedom
The Mothers of Park-e Laleh issued a statement, declaring support for the protests of Iran's men...
Iran: Some 1,000 women nurses emigrate every year
Every year, around 1,000 women nurses leave Iran and emigrate to other countries due to discrimination....
Iran: Women of Babol blocked a road as an act of protest
Men and women related to victims of an accident on the Kiakola Road in Babol, northern...
Iran: Young woman commits suicide due to evade arrest by SSF
A 20-year-old woman in Ilam, western Iran, committed suicide due to pressure by the State Security...
Ma’edeh Shabani-Nejad remains in detention without legal warrant
Ma'edeh Shabani-Nejad, 15, who was arrested in January for writing nationalistic and epical poetry in Arabic,...
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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.