Iran: Golrokh Iraee in dire condition on 36th day of hunger strike
Political prisoner Golrokh Iraee is in dangerous health condition on the 36th day of her hunger...
Women's News
Iran: Families demand freedom of women arrested in IWD protest
More than 80 Iranian women and men were arrested during the gathering on the International Women’s...
Iran: Least job opportunities for women
The United Nations has categorized Iran among the countries which offer the smallest number of job...
Iran: 38 women arrested at a party in Mashhad
Sixty Iranians, including 38 women, were arrested at a party in Mashhad, capital of the northeastern...
Iran: NCRI condemned the attack on women’s IWD gathering in Tehran
Thursday, March 8, 2018, on the International Women’s Day, a group of courageous Iranian women gathered...
Iran: Tehran U student, Leila Hosseinzadeh, to be jailed 6 years
A young woman, student of Tehran University, was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment. Leila Hosseinzadeh, Anthropology...
Iran: Wife, two children of Kurdish activist arrested
The wife and two children of a Kurdish activist were arrested by agents of the Intelligence...
Iran: An activist Kurdish woman on trial in Saqqez
Kurdish woman activist, Najibeh Salehzadeh, was put on trial on Tuesday, March 6, 2018, for disseminating...
Iran: At least 20 women arrested in protest outside Labor Ministry
A group of Iranian women gathered in the morning of March 8, 2018, outside the Labor...
Iran: Women’s protests in Rasht, Tehran and Sabzevar
Women plundered by the fraudulent Caspian financial Institute staged another picket line outside the company’s branch...
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.