Iran: The critical state of social ailments
Social ailments in Iran have reached a critical level, impacting social security, as well. Afrashteh, executive...
Women's News
Iran: Women arrested while trying to enter stadium
Two young women were arrested on Thursday, March 1, 2018, as they were trying to enter...
Iran: Two women, nursing students, deprived of pursuing education
Five nursing students, including two young women, have been deprived of continuing their education for one...
Iran: Plundered women stage protest in Rasht, Ahvaz
Plundered women staged a protest Wednesday, February 28, 2018, outside Caspian financial institute’s branch in Rasht,...
Iran: Two young women attempted suicide in Tabriz
Two teenage girls threw themselves off a bridge in Tabriz, capital of East Azerbaijan Province in...
Iran: Women actively participate in Tehran protests
A group of retirees, a large group of whom were women, staged a protest outside the...
Iran: Young woman, Tehran University student, arrested
A Fine Arts student of Tehran University, Parisa Rafii, was abducted by plainclothes agents Sunday evening, February...
Iran: Hunger striking Golrokh Iraee in dire health
After 25 days of hunger strike, Golrokh Iraee is in dire health conditions. Atena Daemi and...
Iran: Women stage protests in Shushtar and Andimeshk
A group of students of the Medical Sciences University of Shushtar staged a sit-in protest in...
Iran: Plundered women and men stage protest across from Majlis
Protesters cheated by financial institutes of Alborz-e Iranian and Caspian, including a large number of women,...
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.