Iran: I would rather die than to give in to oppression – Atena Daemi
Civil and children's rights activist Atena Daemi published an open letter on April 9, 2017, insisting...
Women's News
Iran: Women’s protest to death sentences
Some 500 family members and relatives of death-row prisoners held a gathering outside the mullahs' parliament...
Iran: Atena Daemi starts a hunger strike
Atena Daemi, a human rights activist and advocate of children's rights, went on a hunger strike...
Iran: Woman political prisoner deprived of her right to appeal
Political prisoner Sotoudeh Fazel, a 65-year-old teacher by profession, has been deprived of revision of her...
Iran: Young Kurdish woman arrested for her “unconventional clothes”
In the wake of the Persian New Year celebrations in Nowruz, security forces arrested a young...
Iran: Three female environmental activists are arrested
At least three women, environmental activists, were arrested by security forces in Marivan, Iranian Kurdistan. These...
Iran: Young woman attempts suicide
A 27-year-old woman committed suicide and lost her life in the city of Ahar (East Azerbaijan...
Iran: Fourth month of undecided state of Tahereh Riyahi in Evin
Tahereh Riyahi, a journalist who worked for the state-run Borna news agency, has been held in...
Iran: Kobra Ramezan Alizadeh, mother of three execution victims, died
Mrs. Kobra Ramezan Alizadeh passed away at the age of 82 on March 27, 2017, in...
Iran: Women banned from participating in Tehran’s marathon
Only two days left to the start of the International Pars Marathons, Iranian officials announced that...
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...
The Ineffectiveness of Population Policies in Iran: Economy, Aging, and the Overlooked Rights of Women
Abstract: A compilation of official data, media reports, and disclosures published in April, May, and June 2026 demonstrates that Iran...
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...
Parisa Kamali: “If Today I Stand on the Right Side of History, I Owe It to the PMOI”
Audio message from PMOI political prisoner Parisa Kamali on the anniversary of the founding of the People's Mojahedin Organization of...
Forough Taghipour and Arghavan Fallahi: We are Generation Z—Anti-Dictatorship, and Opposed to Both the Shah and the Mullahs
Message from PMOI political prisoners Forough Taghipour and Arghavan Fallahi from Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison on the anniversary of the...
Women, Resistance, Freedom: The Unbroken Lineage from Camp Ashraf to Iran’s Gen-Z Revolution
When an early morning raid struck Camp Ashraf at 5:00 AM on September 1, 2013, the goal of Iran’s clerical...
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.