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Committee of Human Rights Reporters – After women’s day was celebrated in the world, there are still a large number of female political prisoners accused of civil, and human rights activism who are serving prison terms behind bars throughout Iran.

The Huffington Post - The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) is meeting this month at its annual session to grade governments on their treatment of their civilians. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, said at the opening in Geneva: "While the past twenty years have seen extraordinary progress, we should never forget that there have been those who have been left behind." She underscored that while significant milestones have been achieved in regards to women's rights, women all across the globe continue to suffer deeply from violence and persecution.

HRANA News Agency - On March 8th of 2013 some unknown men broke the windows of Chamran girls dormitory of Tehran university.

The Guardian - With spring coming and temperatures rising, Iranians can expect the time-honoured crackdown on "inappropriately dressed women". Like every year, Iran's morality police will bundle women who show too much hair or wear too much makeup into minivans, exposing them to a few hours of boredom at the local police station. For a country with the second highest spending on makeup per capita in the world, the process is the Iranian version of shovelling snow while it's still snowing.

RFE/RL - A senior Iranian lawmaker has announced the cancellation of controversial new legal measures that would have imposed new travel restrictions on Iranian women.

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran - Two female Kurdish political prisoners at Orumiyeh Prison have faced repeated summonses to the Prison Intelligence Unit this year, a local human rights activist told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Interrogators have pressured the women to provide televised confessions and to cooperate with the Intelligence Ministry, the activist added.

Shahrzadnews - In line with its official policy of Islamising the education system, Iran’s science ministry has issued a directive ordering lecturers to ban students who fail to adopt the strict Islamic dress code on campus.

Shahrzadnews - According to the latest figures, the number of Iran’s young widows is on the increase, thanks in part to the widespread practice of marrying female children to much older men. The Ghanoon website says figures released by Iran’s national statistics office indicate that 12,088 people under 20 married in the first quarter of the current Persian year. Most of the brides are believed to be under 15, the main victims of the cultural and economic poverty of their families.