Iran – women: An Indian play on Reyhaneh Jabbari’s execution
A young Indian director wrote a play on the execution of the Iranian heroine Reyhaneh Jabbari....
Women's News
Iran: Women and children face additional discrimination
“The death penalty as punishment has been on the rise in recent years. The death penalty...
Iran – women: Housewives support political prisoners on hunger strike
A group of housewives wrote a letter in support of hunger striking political prisoners. The housewives...
Iran – women: Supporters of prisoner of conscience arrested
State Security forces prevented a gathering in Tehran in support of Mohammad Ali Taheri on May...
Iran – women: Gender discrimination in Football Federation
The Iranian female footsall national team left for Russia’s world tournament with only $20 a day....
Online Conference on women’s rights in Iran
An online conference is to be held on Friday evening, May 13, 2016, featuring three prominent...
Iran – Women: Unpublished photo of an executed woman
Zeinab Chamani was executed on April 25, 2016. She was charged with premeditated murder of her...
Iran – Women: Nazak Afshar still in Iran awaiting a court revision
Nazak Afshar, French Foreign Ministry employee in Paris who was released on bail on April 25,...
Iran – women: Moral Police booed at book exhibition
Moral security police, whose main duty is to impose the official dress-code on young women and...
Iran- women: In memory of Shirin Alam Houli, Kurdish political prisoner
On the anniversary of execution of five Kurdish political prisoners, including Shirin Alam Houli, excerpts of...
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...
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...
Iran Healthcare Workers Protest Against Severe Livelihood and Structural Crises
In the summer of 2026, an Iran healthcare workers protest wave highlights how the country’s health system faces chronic financial...
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.