8. March: A Woman Is Killed Every Five Days in the Kurdish Region of Iraq
On International Women’s Day Activists in Iraqi Kurdistan highlight the danger women still face in the region By Shada Basheer,…
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Yanar’s Final Call Before Her Assassination: Stop Impunity
On 2 March 2026, Iraqi woman human rights defender and feminist Yanar Mohammed was killed in an armed attack at…
Iraq’s family laws are being rewritten, women and girls are paying the price
In January 2026, Equality Now, the Hurra Coalition, the Global Campaign for Equality in Family Law (GCEFL), and Asuda submitted a joint report to the…
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…
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…
Martynka: Support for Self Organising Ukrainian Women
In Poland Wadi is helping a very unique project organized by Ukrainian women. We were contacted by Ukrainian women who…
Supporting Economic opportunities for Women in remote Areas
A new project to empower women economically during the pandemic With the Corona situation looking like it is not ending…
The Women’s Legal Assistance Organization (WOLA)
In spring 2008 WOLA (Women’s Legal Assistance) was founded. It monitors jurisdiction and law implementation and offers individual legal assistance. Initially…
“Our Dreams were simple” – The Fate of the Yazidis after the attempted Genocide by the Islamic State
Speech given by Basma Haji at a meeting of the Coalition for the International Court in The Hague on December…
“FGM is not the only Reason for Polygamy ….”
Activists from the field speak about their work tackling Female Genital Mutilation and other forms of violence in Iraqi-Kurdistan (Picture:…
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