A Syrian girl finds her imprisoned brother on the dissection table
A Syrian student confronted the lifeless body of her brother in the dissection class. Her brother...
Women's News
Iran: Two women sentenced to death
A young woman in the south Iranian Buvanat Prison, was sentenced to death for killing her...
Iran: Protest demands release of prisoner of conscience
Supporters and students of prisoner of conscience Mohammad Ali Taheri staged a protest gathering on Thursday,...
Iran: Major protest rally with women’s large participation
On Tuesday, November 1, 2016, some 200 Literacy Movement teachers converged from across the country to...
Iran: House of great poetess razed to ground
The house where Iran's great poetess, Forough Farrokhzad, used to live in her final years has...
Iran: Eight women identified among those arrested in protest
More information has come out on the identities of women beaten up and arrested by security...
Iran: Nurses discontented over 10 months of unpaid overtime wages
Nurses are forced to work overtime, but their overtime fees have not been paid for between...
Iran: Asma Jahangir starts her work as UN SR on human rights in Iran
The new UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran began her work...
Iran: Details of woman’s arrest divulged by her mother
Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee's mother managed to visit her daughter after being arrested. Ms. Iraee's mother explained...
Iran: Detained women on hunger strike
Those arrested during the last week's protests to the continued detention of prisoner of conscience Mohammad...
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.