Iran: Girl students sent out of Tehran U dormitory
All the girl students staying in Tehran University’s Fayz Dormitory were sent out of the building...
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Iran: Women protested river drying in Isfahan
A group of residents of Isfahan (central Iran) mostly women gathered across from the famous Khajou...
Iran: 37,000 girl children of under 13 married in one year
Nahid Khodakarami, a Tehran City Council member, admitted in a tweet that 37,000 children under 13...
Iran: Number of women imprisoned for unintentional crimes doubled
The number of women imprisoned for unintentional crimes in Iran has been doubled this year. “95%...
Iran: Baha’i poet named PEN International Writer of Courage
Baha'i poet Mahvash Sabet, who was jailed for nearly a decade in Iran, has been selected...
Iran: Young woman sentenced to flogging and forced labor
The Iranian judiciary sentenced a young man and a woman to flogging, exile and forced labor...
Iran: Retired women and men stage protests in various cities
Retired women and men gathered in various Iranian cities on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 to protest...
Iran: Suicide, constant theme of women’s life
The media reported the suicides of at least two women over the past week. A 22-year-old...
Iran: Husbands banned 8 national team members from travelling abroad
Eight Iranian women, national team members, have been forbidden by their husbands from leaving the country...
Iran: Nazanin Zaghari faces additional criminal charges
Prisoner of conscience Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, detained on baseless charges in Iran since April 2016, may be...
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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.