28th December 2022 - In a historic vote, members of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) voted to remove Iran from this group.
The landmark decision was made after heated debates since it was unprecedented for the UN to expel a member state from its commissions.
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women.
27th December 2022 - The following report is a collection of news about the flogging and prison sentences handed down for some women arrested during the 2022 nationwide uprisings in Iran.
- Pari Aghaii, the accountant of a non-profit school, was sentenced to 8 years in prison on the charge of “encouraging corruption” and four years in prison on the charge of “assembly and collusion against national security,” a ban on leaving the country until the end of the sentence, and two years of work ban and two years of prohibition of cyberspace activity.
27th December 2022 - Since the start of the current uprising, which began on the 16th September 2022 and recently passed the 100-day mark, at least 65 children under the age of 18 have been killed by the regime's security forces and 'morality police'. Some had participated in the protests while others had no involvement.
