Iran: Poverty spells disaster for women selling their unborn children
"Due to unsuitable conditions of caring for the child, an infant is offered for sale (20...
Women's News
Iran: Golrokh Iraee illegally arrested, taken to prison
Security forces violently raided the house of human rights activist Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee in the afternoon...
Iran: Five days of protest by women
The fifth day of protest by women and prisoner rights advocates was held outside Tehran's Baghiyatollah...
Iran: Corpse of young woman found on campus of Orumiyeh University
The lifeless body of a Kurdish student, a young woman, was found on campus of the...
Iran: Women beaten up and arrested in protest rally
Recent reports indicate that a number of women were beaten up and arrested in the protest...
Syrian girl, 7, tweets her pains
Bana Alabed, a 7-year-old Syrian girl, used the twitter to convey the voice of Syrian children...
Carolin Emcke receives Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
The German journalist and author Carolin Emcke has frequently written and reported from war zones and...
Iran: Women declare support for Teachers Union SG, labor activist
A group of woman teachers declared their support on October 22, 2016, for the Secretary General...
Iran: Bahaii woman tells of pressure on her child
Azita Rafizadeh, a Bahaii woman, who has been imprisoned in Evin for teaching at a Bahaii...
Junko Tabei, 1st woman to climb Everest, dies at 77
Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Mount Everest died, on October 20, 2016,...
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.