Kurdistan

Kurdistan: Kurdish women resent new passport system

A law requiring women to have a male guardian sign their passport application angers women in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Iraq: UN report cites increase in 'honor killings' of Kurdish women

A United Nations report on the human rights situation in Iraq has criticized the Kurdish provinces for a poor record in addressing acts of violence towards women.

Kurdistan: Teenager Du’a Khalil Aswad stoned to death on April 7th

Video released on the internet; sign the petition condemning her brutal murder.

Kurdistan: Campagne Internationale contre la lapidation des femmes au Kurdistan:

Condamnons la lapidation de Doa Khalil Aswad, condamnée à mort pour être tombée amoureuse!

Kurdistan: Houzan Mahmoud on why Kurds must resist religous law

"Our campaign for the removal of article seven has opened a new chapter in the fight for secularism and against the medievalism and obscurantism of sharia law."

Kurdistan: Charter for the Rights and Freedoms of Women in the Kurdish Regions and Diaspora

The Kurdish Women’s Project and Kurdish Human Rights Project have published the Charter in English, Kurmanji, Sorani and Arabic languages.

Kurdistan: Kurdish Parliament Defies Baghdad

Legislators won't recognize proposed Shiite-backed family law, seen as setback for women.

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