Iran: Women prisoners beaten for protest over bread shortages
NCRI - Women prisoners have been beaten and locked in solitary confinement for protesting at the...
Women's News
Discriminatory Laws on Women in Iran
The mullahs' misogynous regime began its systematic suppression of women immediately after it took power in...
Death penalty in Iran – 2012
NCRI - In Amnesty International’s report on death penalty statistics across the globe in 2012, the...
More harsh restrictions on women to be enforced next month
NCRI - April 10, 2013 - Iranian regime has announced a fresh clampdown on freedoms with...
Iranian women need governmental permission to marry foreigners
A Supreme Court judge, cleric Qorbani, stated: "If an Iranian woman marries a foreigner without governmental...
UN reports Iran’s rank on inequality
The United Nation’s latest report on Human Development was officially published yesterday. UN declared in its...
Iran: Single-sex universities
NCRI - March 15, 2013 - Iranian regime's science minister Kamran Daneshjoo has said he wants...
Iranian regime’s science minister wants single-sex universities throughout Iran
NCRI - March 15, 2013 - Iranian regime's science minister Kamran Daneshjoo has said he wants...
Iran: 27 women prisoners transferred form Evin
NCRI - The Iranian regime transferred 27 female prisoners on March 5, from Evin to Qarchak...
Families of executed women protest in Ahvaz
NCRI – February 18, 2013 - The Iranian regime’s henchmen hanged two women prisoners on Sunday...
Widowed Women in Iran: Main Problems and Challenges
Widowed Women in Iran, Alone and Oppressed in the Shadow of Discrimination In the Iranian legal system, where gender-based discrimination...
Hidden Sufferings and Modern Slavery: A Look at the Situation of Female Workers in Iran
Marking the International Labor Day 2025 Female workers in Iran, with calloused hands and exhausted bodies, carry the burden of...
Iranian Women’s Struggle: 651 Prominent Women Call for Solidarity
In a powerful statement of unity, 651 prominent women leaders, including former heads of state, ministers, jurists, and human rights...
Against All Odds, Iranian Women at the Forefront of Change
On the anniversary of the student uprising in Iran on July 9, 1999, we pay tribute to the young women...
Even with Power of Attorney, Iranian Women Face Barriers to Divorce
Widespread Refusal by Notary Offices Exposes Institutionalized Misogyny in Iran In Iran, a woman’s right to initiate divorce is not...
Qarchak Prison for Women: A Forgotten Hell, Shrouded in Repression and Corruption
Qarchak Prison in Varamin, known as the largest women’s prison in Iran, has become a symbol of systemic human rights...
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.