Iran: Universities ordered to implement Veil and Virtue Plan
The cultural deputy to the Minister of Science announced September 19, 2016, that the ministry had...
Women's News
Iran: Female athletes summoned to the Prosecutor’s Office
A number of women and coaches involved in body building were summoned by the Iranian Judiciary...
Iran: Women’s working-hour cut down approved by Council of Guardians
The clerical regime's Council of Guardians approved cut down on women's working hours on Monday, September...
Iran: Retired teacher killed herself
Parvin Mamandi, a retired teacher, committed suicide in the evening of Saturday, September 17, 2016, in...
Iran: Girl student in uncertain conditions
Esrin Aminzade, student of accounting, was arrested on June 6, 2016, by Mahabad's security forces and...
Iran: 30 young men and women arrested in Rasht
State Security forces raided a private party in Rasht (capital of the northern Iranian province of...
Iran: Many girls deprived of education in the new academic year
Less than a week away from the beginning of the new academic year in Iran, a...
Iran: Official underlines ban on women’s entry to cafés
President of the Union of Modern and Traditional Café Owners reiterated that women's entry to ordinary...
Iran: 50 women’s stores sealed
Another 50 shops and stores selling women's apparels were sealed in the Province of Alborz (central...
Iran: Law on enjoining good and forbidding evil to be enforced soon
"Presently, the law on enjoining good and forbidding evil has already been devised into the Constitution,...
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.