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...
Women's News
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...
Iran: 50 school girls married in a mass ceremony
Two weeks ago Parsian’s authorities in the southern province of Hormozgan announced that 50 school girls...
Iran: Numerous obstacles before employment of women in education ministry
Rouhani’s Department of Education has already discriminated against women by setting a one-fifth quota for employment...
Sign the Petition: Demand Urgent International Action to Protect Women Prisoners in Iran
Iran's Women Prisoners: A Human Rights Emergency Demanding Immediate International Action September 2026 To: The UN High Commissioner for Human...
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...
From a Strategic Paradigm Shift to a Vanguard Movement
The Journey of Women’s Leadership in the Iranian Resistance The period between October 18 and October 22 marks a pivotal...
Femicide in Iran: When the Law Grants Killers Impunity Instead of Protecting Women
One week, several victims: The true face of violence against women in Iran Femicide in Iran: In just a few...
When Mothers Manage Hunger: Shrinking Food Budgets for Women and Children in Iran
Poverty and deprivation move from the margins to the mainstream For many countries, World Food Day and the International Day...
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.