Iran: Women opposing women’s election to parliament
After the scandalous, widespread elimination of women in the coming elections for the mullahs’ Parliament and...
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Freed Yazidi sex slave relives being raped and tortured for three months after ISIS massacred her mother and six brothers
An ISIS sex slave survivor who was forced to watch her family be brutally murdered by jihadists before...
Women’s battalion fights Bashar al-Assad in Syria
Simultaneous with the increase in Russian bombardments of the people of Syria in Aleppo and stepped...
Iran: Women’s participation shrunk 13% despite 2million female graduates
“80 percent of Iranian women are housewives.” The confession was made by Sussan Bastani, deputy for...
Iran: 20000 born with no identity in one province
Director of Citizens and Immigrants Affairs of Khorassan Razavi Province announced, "More than 20000 children in...
Iran: A woman’s bold rebellion against compulsory veil
A woman removes her shawl among the crowd during the mass march on the anniversary of...
Iran: 15, including women, arrested in raid of security forces on hunger strikers
Followers to Erfan Halqeh mystic group staged sit-ins and hunger strikes Friday morning (February 12, 2016)...
Seven women become ministers in United Arab Emirates
UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammad-bin Rashed assigned seven women as ministers to his 29-member cabinet. All...
Iran: New application to escape Guidance Patrols
From now on, Iranian youths will be informed of the Guidance Patrol’s location by a newly-innovated...
Iran: Martyr’s mother speaks out against suppression
“Prison; torture; insulting with most offensive and degrading words; making threats of harassing other family members;...
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.