Iran: Detectives stationed in women’s buses
Detectives are going to be stationed in women's sections of the inter-city buses in Isfahan. The...
Women's News
Iran: Average of age of female heads of households drops to 35
The average age of female heads of households has decreased to 35, announced Fahimeh Piroozfar, director...
Iran-women: Turks sentenced to jail and flogging for protesting insults
A court in north-western Iranian city of Tabriz sentenced the protesters against a TV program insulting...
Iran-women: Municipality employee throws herself off the city building
A women, employee of Tehran’s municipality of district 13, committed suicide by throwing herself off the...
Iran-women: Kurdish poet banned from holding poetry recitals
Security forces in Sanandaj, capital of Iranian Kurdistan Province, cancelled a night of poetry recital sponsored...
Iran-women: Students protest armed entry to girls’ dormitory
Students of agriculture and natural sources at the University of Saravan, in the south-eastern province of...
Iran: MP insults women as donkeys
“We did not get this country easily to let any fox, donkey or child enter the...
Iran: Women commit trio-suicide
Three sisters between 43 and 50 years old committed suicide on March 1 by turning on...
Iran-women: Kurd political prisoner going blind in both eyes
Zeinab Jalalian, Kurdish political prisoner condemned to life in prison, has lost her second eye's sight...
Iran-women: Internet activist sentenced to 3 years prison
Nahid Gorji, internet social networks activist, was condemned to 3 years prison term by the Review...
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.