Iran: Young women of Qum University protest discrimination
Girl students of the University of Qum expressed their protest on Tuesday, October 18, 2016, against...
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Iran: Women arrested as beggars
The general prosecutor of Maragheh (northwestern Iran) announced on October 17, 2016, that 18 orphan children...
Iran: Female reporters banned from women’s match
Female reporters were not allowed entry to the stadium to take pictures of the football match...
Iran: Call for institutionalization of women’s oppression
Mohammad Reza Naghdi, Commander of the IRGC's paramilitary Bassij Force underlined the need to fundamentally institutionalize...
Iran: Political prisoner files official lawsuit on 1988 massacre
Political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared has formally filed a lawsuit against Evin Prison because of the...
Iran: Women’s gathering outside Qezel-Hessar Prison
On the morning of Monday, October 17, 2016, a group of women including mothers and wives...
Iran: Prisoners in women’s ward of Evin under further pressure
Authorities have built up more pressure in recent days on women inmates in Evin Prison. On...
Iran: Rights activist woman demands lifting of Hijab requirement
Children and civil rights activist Atena Da'emi wrote a letter on October 17, 2016, to the...
Iran: Mansoureh Behkish has been summoned
Sunday, October 16, 2016, a relative of the victims of the 1980s political executions, Ms. Mansoureh...
Iran: Six labor activists including two women sentenced to prison
Six Kurdish labor activists including two women have been sentenced to a total of 4.5 years...
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.