Viola Desmond, Canadian who fought segregation, to appear on $10 note
Viola Desmond, a black businesswoman who challenged racial segregation in Canada in 1946, will be the...
Women's News
Iran: Women sentenced to imprisonment and flogging
A few hours after being released from Varamin's Qarchak Prison on January 4, 2017, Zahra Shafii...
Iran: Treating husband is better for girls than physics, chemistry
One of the regime's officials defended marriage of child girls in Iran. Zahra Ayatollahi, head of...
Iran: SSF spokesman underlines need to deal with mal-veiled women
In a gathering on Sunday, January 1, 2017, of sheriffs and commanders of the State Security...
Iran: Political prisoner deprived of treatment for demanding justice
Political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared is suffering from rheumatoid, but prison authorities have prevented her treatment....
Iran: Another Bahaii woman arrested in Bousher
A Bahaii couple were arrested by security forces of the Intelligence Department in the southern city...
Iran: 19 couples get divorced every hour
Nineteen divorces take place every hour and 450 in 24 hours across the country. This was...
Iran: Golrokh Iraee freed after 72 days of hunger strike by husband
The Iranian regime was finally forced to release political prisoner Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee on Tuesday, January...
Iran: Women can register but will not be elected as president!
"Women can register as candidates for the future presidential election but the issue of 'political men'...
Iran: Regime steps up dealing with mal-veiled women in streets
The State Security Force will deal seriously with mal-veiled women riding in vehicles, and it does...
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.