Chronology of female suffrage
1788 United States (to stand for election) 1893 New Zealand (to vote) 1902 Australia 1906 Finland...
Famous Women
Iranian Women First Entering Politics
Women in Tehran first entered politics during the reign of Naseraddin Shah when women participated in...
The Society of Women’s Wellness Messengers (Jamiyat-e Peyke Saadat-e Nesvan )
This society was established by Roshanak Nodoost in 1920. The society was formed with the help...
Bibi Maryam
Bibi Maryam was one of the intellectual and educated women of her era, who was a...
Irène Joliot-Curie
Irène Joliot-Curie Born 12 September 1897 Paris, France Died 17 March 1956 (aged 58) Paris, France...
Susan Brunel Antony
Born: February, 15 1820 in Addams, Massachusetts Died: March, 13 1906 (86 years old) in Rochester,...
25 November 1999- Struggling with ‘violence against women’
Upon the request of the Dominican Republic on November 25, 1999, the UN named this day...
Biography of Sabeen Mahmud
For human right activists, Sabeen Mahmud is a well-known name. A freedom loving woman in Pakistan,...
The “demonstration of mothers”
This picture goes back to end of April 1980 in Iran where PMOI members and supporters...
Women Lead the Charge in Iran’s Fight for Freedom
NCRI Women's Committee Annual Report 2023 Women's leadership of the revolution did not happen overnight. It has deep roots in...
The list of women and girls who laid down their lives during Iran protests
The list of women and girls killed by Iranian security forces during the Iran uprising Women are leading a revolution...
Sign to support the Iranian women’s struggle for freedom and equality
The NCRI Women's Committee urges all human rights defenders, women's rights organizations and advocates to sign this statement to support...
Amnesty International verifies horrific torture of child protesters
Amnesty International published the outcome of its research on the torture of child detainees in Iran during the 2022-2023 uprising....
A friend of the Iranian Resistance, Baroness Boothroyd, passes away at 93
Baroness Boothroyd, the first woman to become the UK House of Commons speaker, passed away on February 26, 2023, at...
Fanatic Group Threatens Poisoning of High School Girls in Iran
A group of extremists in Qom has distributed threatening leaflets, declaring that girls' education is forbidden and vowing to spread...
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.