No to Violence Campaign: Expanding in 2018
Our teams continue to grow and expand Wadi’s ‘No to Violence’ campaign in 2018. By engaging parents, school staff and children…
Allgemein
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Iraqi-Kurdistan: Still an unresolved problem
Although FGM in Iraqi Kurdistan is declining it’s still practised It was the region of Garmyan in Iraqi-Kurdistan where teams…
Displaced children play after war
From Layla Ahmed, Kirkuk Now, 25.12.2017 Amer’s family fled Tuz Khormatu on October 16 when the Iraqi security forces wrestled…
Free FGM Village joins Non Violence Campaign in Iraqi-Kurdistan
Wadi’s Non Violence campaign in Iraqi-Kurdistan is expanding. Today the village Tutaqal joined in. Tutaqal was one of the first…
“For the Yazidis this war is far from over”
A conversation with Suzn Fahmi, Project Coordinator of the Jinda Center in Dohuk, on the situation of women and girls…
Girls Denied Schooling
Some of the issues women in Iraqi Kurdistan face today are in part due to many of them not attending…
Violence Free Learning, Violence Free Life.
Five Schools in Iraqi Kurdistan commit to ending violence against children Violence is omnipresent in war and crisis regions. Long…
Sexually Abused by their Families
As part of Wadi’s new Non-Violence Campaign our teams in Garmyan have written one of the very first articles published…
After the takeover of Kirkuk: “We need help for the new IDP’s”
Recent events have stirred fears of violence and growing instability in the Iraqi Kurdistan region. Once again the future appears very uncertain, and hopes for peace and prosperity are fading. Old fears and traumata are resurfacing again. Our local teams and partners shared their feelings, impressions and aspirations in public statements.
These Yazidi women escaped ISIS slavery — and are painting self-portraits to reclaim their dignity
By Kieran Corcoran, Business Insider UK, 09.09.2017 A 13-year-old Yazidi girl — Nisren — paints a self-portrait with…
