Iran: Graduates, students of laboratory sciences stage protest
Students and graduates of laboratory sciences in Tehran staged a protest on Thursday, April 19, 2018,...
Women's News
Iran: High number of illiterate women in Khuzestan Province
There are 500,000 illiterates between 10 and 49 years of age in Khuzestan Province, southwestern Iran,...
Iran: Young woman commits suicide in Tehran
A young woman committed suicide in Tehran on Thursday, April 19, 2018. She threw herself off...
Iran: Women actively take part in fourth day of protests in Kazeroun
Residents of Kazeroun, in souther Iranian Fars Province, including a remarkable number of brave women continued...
Iran: Jailed Yarsan woman needs urgent medical treatment
Shokoufeh Yadollahi, a Yarsan woman imprisoned in the notorious Qarchak Prison of Varamin needs urgent medical...
Iran: Plundered women partake in protests in Tehran, Ahvaz
Women plundered by IRGC-backed financial institutes participated and led two of the protests in Tehran and...
Iran: Women’s extensive participation in the protest in Kazeroun
Thousands of residents of Kazeroun, one of the major cities of Fars Province in southern Iran,...
Iran: Golrokh Iraee in critical conditions after 75 days of hunger
Political prisoner Golrokh Iraee is in critical conditions after 75 days of hunger strike and refusing...
Iran: Women actively partake in protests in Kazeroun, Charmahal
Women had remarkably active roles in two major protests in the city of Kazeroun, southern Iran,...
Iran: No news on the women arrested in Ahvaz protests
There is no information on the whereabouts or conditions of the two women arrested in the...
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.