Iran: Women among protesters against death penalty
In the morning of Saturday, February 25, 2017, a number of human rights defenders and families...
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Iran: Farzaneh Jalali was arrested in Kermanshah
Civil rights and women's rights activist Farzaneh Jalali was arrested Thursday, February 23, 2017, in Kermanshah...
Iran: Women teachers stage protest to demand their salaries
Teachers who have contracts with the Department of Education in Hamedan (western Iran), held a gathering...
Iran: Tahereh Riyahi in critical physical condition
Tahereh Riyahi, journalist and social editor of Borna news agency, is in critical physical condition in...
Iran: Young woman attacked with acid
An acid attack took place in a hairdresser in Nahavand, the city's State Security Force Commander...
Iran: Mahdis Mir-Ghavami committed suicide upon release from jail
A young woman ended her own life after being sexually assaulted in the detention center of...
Amnesty International focuses on violence against women in Iran
In its annual 2016-2017 report issued on February 22, 2017, Amnesty International pointed to the rampant...
Iran: Dissident woman detained in Canada before being deported
The government of Canada is deporting an Iranian dissident woman, Roghayeh Azizi Mirmahaleh, 60, despite pleas...
Iran: Teachers, including many women, demand their salaries
Hundreds of retired teachers and staff of the Education Ministry, including a large number of women,...
Iran: Workers stage protest, women actively participate
A number of workers and labor activists staged a protest in Tehran on Tuesday, February 21,...
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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.