Iran: Elham Farahani denied access to medical treatment
Prisoner of conscience Elham Farahani has been denied access to physiotherapy after she broke her arm...
Women's News
Iran: Trafficking of infants born from street women
A Tehran city official revealed that premature babies are smuggled out of the country for sale....
Iran: A young woman commits suicide in Boukan
A young woman, Shiva Pejdam, 17, committed suicide by taking pills and lost her life. The...
Iran: Woman sets herself ablaze at a gas station
A young woman set herself on fire at a gas station in Galikesh, northern Golestan Province....
Girls burned to death at Guatemala shelter ‘were locked in classroom’
France 24, March 9, 2017 - The blaze that killed at least 34 girls at an...
Iran: Workers stage protest with their wives and children
Workers of Parsilon Factory staged a protest with their families outside the Governor's Office in Khorramabad,...
Iran: Women teachers take part in protest with their children
Women joined in large numbers a demonstration on March 9, 2017, by teachers and other employees...
Iran: Ten-year-old girl commits suicide
Wednesday night, March 8, 2017, a ten-year-old girl hanged herself in the town of Takab, near...
Iran: Two women become victims of acid attacks
Two women, one of them pregnant, were splashed with acid in the same week in the...
Iran: 20 NGOs, organizations demand end to persecution of 3 women
Amnesty International and 19 other NGOs and human rights organizations issued a joint statement on March...
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...
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...
Working to Survive: Iranian Women Between Poverty, Exhaustion, and Lack of Labor Protection
For many Iranian Women, losing a job or failing to find sustainable employment is not just about being unemployed; it...
Victims at Home: Report on 15 Women Killed in One Month
Misogynistic laws lie at the root of violence against women in Iran Victims at Home: Report on 15 Women Killed...
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.