More Schools in Kurdistan Region join Wadi’s No to Violence campaign
By Kirkuk Now, 14.04.2019 In 2017, the German Wadi organization launched a No to Violence campaign in the Kurdistan Region’s…
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Activists in the Kurdistan Region continue the fight to eradicate FGM
Activists in the Kurdistan Region continue the fight to eradicate FGM By Karzan Sulaivany, kurdistan24.net, 06.02.2019 ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) –…
FGM Worldwide, It’s Worse Than You Think
FGM Worldwide, It’s Worse Than You Think By Dr. John Chua, medium.com, 18.11.2018 On the 15th of November, the UK…
Iraqi Kurdish activists stamping out female genital mutilation
Until recently the ‘backward tradition’ was common in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq By Florian Neu, The Nation, April 26…
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…
Iraqi Kurdistan makes headway in fighting corruption and FGM
Iraqi Kurdistan makes headway in fighting corruption and FGM – Kurdish Peshmerga fighters have not been paid in months, despite…
Wadi vows to expand work after being awarded Roland Berger Prize
Wadi vows to expand work after being awarded Roland Berger Prize published on: kirkuknow.com, 04.06.2017 The German NGO, Wadi, vows…
Female Circumcisions or Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Kurdistan
Female Circumcisions or Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Kurdistan published on: basnews.com, 04.06.2017, by Kazhan Mohammed Circumcision is defined as…
Female genital mutilation falls sharply in northern Iraq – survey
45 percent of women had undergone FGM compared to less than 11 percent of their daughters By Emma Batha, Thomson…
Deutsche Welle: Changing minds about genital mutilation in Iraqi Kurdistan
High rates of female genital mutilation set Iraqi Kurdistan apart from the rest of the country. More than the men,…
