Girls as young as four subjected to FGM in Iraqi Kurdistan despite ban, NGOs warn
During an event on International Day against Female Genital Mutiliation (FGM) Campaigners report that dozens of cases in Iraqi Kurdistan…
Publications
Events in Syria Revive Fears in Shingal among Ezidis of 2014 Genocide
Recent developments in Syria have reignited deep fears among Ezidis (Yazidis) in Shingal, where memories of the 2014 genocide remain…
Wadi Newsletter Winter 2025: #Partnerships
In our new winter newsletter, we present, among other things, the new structures of our network, provide information about the…
Voices from the Margins: Citizen-Led Health Accountability in Kurdistan
By: Goran Zangana, Shokh Mohammad, Baxan Jamal, Azadeen M. Amin, Isis Elgibali, and Thomas von der Osten-Sacken, VIEWPOINT, Vol 27/2, 2025….
One Country, different legal systems; Ja’fari Personal Status Law can shake Iraq`s legal framework?
An in dept analysis of the impact of the so called Ja’fari Law legalizing child marriages in Iraq. By Ahang…
Building Brighter Futures: End Child Marriages in Iraq!
Within the framework of our #Active Cizizenship Campaign our partners and Wadi intesified activizies against the amenndment of the Iraqi…
New law legalizing child marriage meets with resistance in Iraq
A new law has come into force in Iraq that legalizes child marriage according to the Shiite Ja’fari school of…
Escaping Patriarchal Control – The Fight for Reproductive Health in Northern Iraq
How do you combat the practice of female genital mutilation? Wadi has been conducting community-based projects for many years to…
Conference: Pessimism Surrounding Cause of Ezidis
A report from Kirkuk Now about the conference “Eleven Years after the Genocide: Addressing the Yazidi Situation” Wadi organized in…
New Brochure about the Active Citizenship-Campaign
Together with our partners we have just printed a new brochure about our Active Citizenship Campaign in three languages. You…
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