Iran: Women’s participation in decision-making structures is embarrassing
"Women's presence in the parliament is about 3 per cent and only one per cent in...
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Iran: Women comprise 22% of government employees, 57% of university graduates
"Twenty-two percent of government employees and 14 per cent of those who work in the private...
Iran: On agenda, house employment for women
"Many problems and corruptions of women are rooted in their unemployment and their employment could be...
Women in Iran: from unemployment to sleeping on the streets
The number of homeless women sleeping on the streets has increased dramatically in Iran. This social...
Iran: Khamenei orders new phase of Internet censorship
On 5 September, the Iranian regime's so-called supreme leader Khamenei appointed members to a new institution...
Iran: child brides under the legal age
Iran's vice president in women and family affairs talked about the child brides given off under...
Iran: Women’s economic, political participation non-existent – official
"Percentage of job-creating women in Iran is very small," announced Vahideh Negin, advisor to the Minister...
Iran: Countering mal-veiling and see-through clothing tops prosecutor’s agenda
"Based on the emphases of the supreme leader and the chief justice, countering cultural abnormalities must...
Iran: Number of women contracting AIDS rising
"The number of women contracting AIDS has increased since two years ago and any country that...
Iran: Women’s age of marriage and addiction is 13
"Distressing registered figures on marriage of girls before legal age have been coming up in the...
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...
A Report to CSW70: Gender-Based Discrimination Under Iranian Law
Structural Inequality and State-Sanctioned Oppression of Women Gender-Based Discrimination Under Iranian Law” is the title of the NCRI Women’s Committee’s...
Annual Report 2026: From Protests, to Uprising, and the Role of Iranian Women
On the eve of International Women’s Day 2026, the NCRI Women’s Committee presents its Annual Report 2026, offering a recap...
Aziz Rezaei: Mother of Resistance, Teacher of Steadfastness
In the contemporary history of Iran, there are names that live not merely as memories, but as paths. The name...
Iranian Student Recounts Prison Abuse: My Brother Was Tortured before My Eyes
On May 10, 2026, the Daily Mail published an interview with Iranian student Shabnam Madadzadeh, a former political prisoner, member...
The Commercial Complex Death Trap: When Corruption and Rente Burn Iranian Women to Ashes
On the evening of Tuesday, May 5, 2026, the Arghavan commercialcomplex in Shahriar County, west of Tehran, became a death...
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.