Iran: 19 couples get divorced every hour
Nineteen divorces take place every hour and 450 in 24 hours across the country. This was...
Women's News
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...
Iran: Women, children living in tents in the cold of winter
"Some 200 people including pregnant women, disabled and elderly people, and children are living in tents...
Iran: Four women arrested for modelling
Four women and two men were arrested for their modelling activities. Ahmad Movaghari, deputy Prosecutor of...
Iran: Women take to the streets, demand freedom of Arash Sadeghi
A large number of people gathered Monday morning, January 2, 2017, in front of Evin Prison...
Iran: Imprisoned woman starts hunger strike
Political Prisoner Soheila Minaii, who is incarcerated in Kerman's Prison, went on hunger strike on December...
Iran: Official calls for sterilization of sex-workers, homeless women
Female sex workers and homeless drug addicts in Tehran should be “convinced” to undergo sterilization to...
Iran: Number of women head of households rises to 2.6 million
The number of women heading households has increased to 2.6 million, Fariba Barimani, director of the...
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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.