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…
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FGM: A native affliction on every inhabitable continent
FGM is not tied to a specific race or religion. It is a tragic side product of the universal fear…
Fatima’s Story: The fate of a girl who suffered under an early marriage
As an infant Fatima was ‘promised in marriage’ by her father to her cousin- a man 30 years her elder….
Primary & Secondary Education for IDPs and Refugees
The ongoing conflicts in the region have led to continuous waves of displaced persons from Syria and Southern Iraq seeking…
Football Team Breaks Religious & National Boundaries
With the support of Wadi, a unique soccer team has come together in Erbil. The team is made up of…
Kurdish Satellite Channel reports about FGM
This summer a team of the famous “Red Line”-program of the Kurdish satellite channel NRT joined Wadi in Garmyan region…
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…
Social and Legal awareness seminars in Prisons
Since the mid-nineties Wadi has helped to improve the situation of prisoners in Iraqi-Kurdistan. We have supported workshops, libraries and…
Six year old Girl died in Iraqi-Kurdistan after being mutilated
Athough Female Genital Mutilation is banned by law in Iraqi-Kurdistan since 2011 and numbers of newly mutilated girls are dropping…
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…
