Iran: Coffee shops closed down for female employees
A number of coffee shops have been closed down for employing young women as waitresses, etc....
Women's News
Iran: Smoking age in women is below 13
“Smoking age in women has dropped down to under 13 years,” announced General Secretary of the...
Iran: What is happening to female addicts and cardboard sleepers who were collected last week from Tehran streets and parks?
A large number of female addicts who slept in cardboard boxes in Tehran parks and streets...
Iran: Woman returned to prison without being treated
Political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared was taken to a Tehran hospital in Narmak on Monday, January...
Iran: Female political prisoner deprived of leave after six years
Reyhaneh Haj Ibrahim Dabbagh, political prisoner in Evin Prison, is suffering from intestinal colitis and pain...
Iran: A woman executed in Tabriz
A woman by the name of Zahra Nemati was hanged on Wednesday, January 6, 2016, along...
Iran: Flowers cover Mother Behkish’s tomb
The funeral of Mother Behkish was held Monday, January 4, 2016, in the presence of her...
Iran: Unemployment among women reaches 85.9%
The state-run Mehr news agency wrote a report on women’s unemployment across Iran and wrote: “Unemployment...
Iran: Women’s unemployment doubles men’s
The state-run Tasnim news agency wrote in a report: According to a new report by Iran’s...
Iran: Negar Haeri, former political prisoner is deliberately ran over
The news has just got out that Negar Haeri, a lawyer and former political prisoner, was...
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...
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...
More than 4,000 Prominent Political and Social Figures Call for the Revocation of Arghavan Fallahi’s Death Sentence
More than 4000 prominent political and social figures, including elected representatives, university professors, educators, lawyers, judges, authors, artists, leaders of...
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.