Iran: Young girl committed suicide in Tehran
A young woman committed suicide and died by jumping from a tower in Tehran, capital of...
Women's News
Iran: Over 5.5 million women are illiterate
The National Center of Statistics in Iran announced that 5,569,044 of the illiterate population in the...
Iran: No women in Rouhani’s new cabinet
“Only the directorate for women and family affairs is going to be run by a woman...
Iran: New charges brought against Atena Daemi
New charges have been brought against jailed civil rights activist Atena Daemi in the Moghadasi Court...
Iran: Wife of internet activist arrested
On the morning of Monday, July 31, Nasrin Na’imi was arrested by Iranian security forces and...
Iran: Security forces prevent women from riding bicycles
Plain-clothes agents confronted women who were riding their bikes in Marivan, Iranian Kurdistan, on August 1,...
Iran: Bleak future awaits young brides
41,000 children under 15 years of age get married every year in Iran. Social scientist and...
Iran: No woman minister in Rouhani’s second cabinet
Women have no chance of being a minister in the future cabinet of Hassan Rouhani. This...
Iran: Female civil activist summoned
Fatemeh Almasi, a civil rights activist, has been summoned to the Department of Intelligence. She was...
Iran: Security patrols crack down on women on the beach
A photo has been recently published on the internet showing the Moral Security Patrols cracking down...
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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.