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….
As an infant Fatima was ‘promised in marriage’ by her father to her cousin- a man 30 years her elder….
By Kurdstan Rasul, Wadi-Arbil, 10.08.2017 Many nights my tired body clashes with my busy mind as I think of the…
Since the mid-nineties Wadi has helped to improve the situation of prisoners in Iraqi-Kurdistan. We have supported workshops, libraries and…
Women in Kurdish villages have to work hard. They don’t do that out of free will, but because they are…
On the upper floor of the Halabja Women Center WADI has opened a café in 2007. It is the first…
In Halabja, Raniya, Kalar and Penjween, girls have opened their own football clubs. WADI supports the four new clubs, to…
By MSNBC, 02.12.2015 Many Syrians fleeing their homeland seek refuge in Iraqi Kurdistan. Videographers Andrea DiCenzo and Jonathan Brown take…
In 1997, WADI began to plan the first shelter for women in northern Iraq, in close cooperation with all active…