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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…
Ezidi life and traditions in Jabal Sinjar
An interview with two young Ezidi women, Basma Aldakhi and Sara Hassan, who had to flee from their home in…
Events to Combat Domestic Violence
During the 16 Days of activism dedicated to ending domestic violence and violence against children in schools in Wadi organized…
ADWI: Empowerment for Women and Children in Iraq
Wadi’s partner, the Awareness and Development Organization for Women and Children in Iraq (ADWI) was founded in 2018. It is…
Upcycling of Clothes in Halabja
Our partners from NWE in Halabja started a new project, combining small economic income raising with environment protection: They collect…
Iran: When a friend is sentenced to death
In 2019, the author visited Hamid Ghareh-Hassanlou and his wife in Tehran. Yesterday he found out that the Iranian doctor…
Wadi Newsletter Winter 2022: Keep Kurdistan Green
The Middle East and Iraq in particular are threatened by an ecological catastrophe. You can read more about how bad…
#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…
Appeal from Iran: #SaveMahabad
A massacre of demonstratiors is taling place in the Iranian Kurdish City of Mahabad This morning we received this message…
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