Iran: 40% of applicants for Ph.D. are women
More than 40 percent of those applying for the doctorate term in universities are women.There was...
Women's News
Women’s unemployment in Iran is 2.5 times that of the men
Iran’s Census Center published the report on Iran’s work force in autumn 2013.According to a report...
Iran: Imminent execution of Rayhaneh Jabbari
March 23, 2014 - Ms. Rayhaneh Jabbari, a 26-year-old woman, is threatened with hanging. She was...
Iran Interior Minister: Number of female addicts has doubled. We approve executions
Abdulreza Rahmani Fazli announced that the rate of female addicts has doubled. Pointing to new issues...
Iran eliminates women’s chess team
NCRI –Mar. 10, 2014 - Iran banned a women’s chess team from Najaf Abad University in...
Iran: Student activist summoned by university’s oppressive body
A third year student majoring in agriculture at Tehran University (Abureihan campus) and editor of Today’s...
Iran: SSF insults women and youth on streets
NCRI –Mar. 14, 2014 - In line with the new Iranian New Year, security and patrol...
Iran: Raihaneh Jabbari calls to be rescued from the gallows
Raihaneh Jabbari has been imprisoned since 2007 for pleading guilty to the murder of a man...
Iran: 67 female football players, coaches and referees deprived of activity
67 female soccer and indoor soccer players, coaches, referees and managers have been added to a...
Iran: International Women Day’s ceremonies prevented in Tehran
Authorization to hold a ceremony to commemorate International Women's Day in Tehran’s House of General Sciences...
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...
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...
Iran: Continued Arrests and Long Prison Terms for Women Protesters
January 2026 nationwide uprising has been followed by a wave of continued arrests, harsh sentences, and continued judicial uncertainty for...
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.