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…
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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…
Reforestation in Iraqi Kurdistan
Garmyans’ environment is in terrible shape due to human influence. The area is extremely polluted, there are few -to no-…
Women and Health: Why Doctors are urgently needed in Kurdish Villages
By Kurdstan Rasul, Wadi-Arbil, 10.08.2017 Many nights my tired body clashes with my busy mind as I think of the…
Silence and Exploitation; Female Labor in Kurdish Villages
Women in Kurdish villages have to work hard. They don’t do that out of free will, but because they are…
Wadi awarded Roland Berger Prize for Human Dignity
On the evening of May 4th, 2017, in a ceremony held at the Jewish Museum in Berlin, the Roland Berger…
Emergency Aid
Emergency Aid At the moment there are 120 displaced Yazidi families (about 550 people) living in incomplete shell buildings around…
Psychosexual Complications of Female Genital Mutilation for Couples: A Comparative Study in Iran
By Osman Mahmoudi and Elham Hosseini, 29.04.2017 Despite some successes in ending FGM among Kurdish people in Iran the…
Mobile Teams helping Refugees and IDP’s
All women led mobile teams; comb the Dohuk governorate of Iraqi Kurdistan, going to refugee camps, remote outskirts, and any…
