“The work to combat female genital mutilation begins with trust”
Shokh Mohammad from Wadi e. V. talks about her work in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and the fight against…
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Female Genital Mutiliation (FGM) Progress, Gaps and the Way Forward
For more than two decades, Wadi and its partners have worked persistently to combat Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and to…
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…
Combating FGM in Iraqi-Kurdistan means to deal with different realities in each region
For more than 20 years, WADI has led efforts to combat Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Kurdistan, partnering with communities…
More efforts to end FGM in Iraq needed
On International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM Wadi is urgenging more efforts to end Female Genital Multiliation in Iraqi-Kurdistan,…
Prestigious International Awards honoring success of anti-FGM Campaign
Wadi is proud to announce that our long term partner NWE Organisation has had repeated success in winning prestigious international…
Male Engagement against FGM: Creating a dialogue between men and women on FGM/C
It is very important to include men into camapaigns to end FGM. Some lessons from past experiences of our STOP…
Stop FGM Kurdistan: Trainings for Professionals
The Stop FGM Kurdistan Campaign initiated by Wadi in 2004 has been taken to a new level: The Living with…
Looking back: Iraqi Kurdistan; Successful Campaign against FGM
In 2011, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) was banned in the Kurdistan Region, thanks to a media campaign led by anti-FGM…
#31 Years of Wadi – Looking back: First FGM-Free Village in Kurdistan
On 6.th of December 2011 the first village in Iraqi-Kurdistan set up a sign that they are free of FGM…
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