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…
Women
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…
The first women’s café in Iraq
On the upper floor of the Halabja Women Center WADI has opened a café in 2007. It is the first…
Fighting Illiteracy
For northern Iraq, the Ba’athist rule of the country meant persecution, exile and war. Generations had grown up under these…
“You Can’t Beat Me” Campaign: Football Clubs for Girls
In Halabja, Raniya, Kalar and Penjween, girls have opened their own football clubs. WADI supports the four new clubs, to…
MSNBC: Women’s center in Iraqi Kurdistan aids refugees
By MSNBC, 02.12.2015 Many Syrians fleeing their homeland seek refuge in Iraqi Kurdistan. Videographers Andrea DiCenzo and Jonathan Brown take…
Assistance for Women in Distress
In 1997, WADI began to plan the first shelter for women in northern Iraq, in close cooperation with all active…
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