Iran – women: What did cartoonist say upon release?
“Some people may think that art cannot express protest or it cannot be so important… But...
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Iran – women: Narges Mohammadi awarded as heroine journalist
Narges Mohammadi, the imprisoned spokeswoman for the League of Human Rights Advocates in Iran, won the...
Iran – women: 114 girls under 15 married in Ahar
114 girls under 15 were given to marriage in the town of Ahar in the course...
Iran- women: Atena Faraghdani, dissident cartoonist released from jail
Imprisoned cartoonist and civil activist, Atena Faraghdani, was released from prison, in the evening of May...
Iran – women: Judiciary unresponsive to rape of 9-year-old girl
A 9-year-old girl called Neda was raped by her teacher at a school in a Zanjan...
Iran – Women: Over 10,000 divorces in Mashhad
10,317 cases of divorce were registered in the northeastern city of Mashhad during the Iranian year...
Misusing school girls to advocate mandatory veiling
Elementary and intermediate school girls in the northern province of Mazandaran were forcibly taken to a...
Iran- women: Teachers, education staff stage protests
A number of female teachers staged a gathering in front of the Iranian regime's parliament building,...
Iran – women: A mother’s call for struggle
Gohar Eshghi, mother of the worker and blogger, Sattar Beheshti, who was slain under torture, sent...
Iran – women: “We have never defended gender equality”!
“We have never defended gender equality!” The admission was made by the Interior Ministry's advisor on...
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.