WADI | 18.01.2012
1st ever conference on FGM in Middle East
FGM not merely an African problem; high rates in the Middle East...
IRIN NEWS | 13.01.2012
Link between FGM/C and mental disorders
New data out of Iraq shows what many psychologists suspected though little research has...
EYE SEE MEDIA | 08.11.2011
Iraqi Kurdistan: Free yourself from FGM – A new approach
In a remote village called Toutakhel, hidden amidst the endless hills of Kurdish...
HUDSON NEW YORK | 18.08.2011
Female Genital Mutilation "An Obligation" According to Iraqi Muslim Cleric
 In June, the parliament of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) adopted a...
STOP FGM - the BLOG | 15.08.2011
Female Genital Mutilation “is an obligation” says Mullah
 A mullah in Iraqi-Kurdistan talked in a Friday sermon about the new bill against domestic violence...
Human Rights Watch | 25.07.2011
Iraqi Kurdistan: Law Banning FGM a Positive Step
 Bill Shows Commitment to End Violence Against Women...
AKNEWS | 23.06.2011
Ban on female genital mutilation passed
 For the first time in Iraqi Kurdistan women are protected by a new law against some of...
AKNEWS | 19.06.2011
Bill to ban female genital mutilation before parliament
 The Kurdistan parliament will discuss a bill on domestic violence tomorrow, which proposes the...
kurdish globe | 17.04.2011
Campaign to end the pain
 A health awareness campaign becomes a stepping stone to a FGM-free generation...
US STATE DEP. | 08.04.2011
2010 Human Rights Report Iraq
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is not illegal and is a common practice particularly in the rural...
sargasso | 18.02.2011
"Vrouwenbesnijdenis vooral een probleem in moslimlanden"
Thomas von den Osten-Sacken van de Iraaks-Duitse mensenrechtenorganisatie...
RUDAW.nET | 05.02.2011
Female Circumcision Prohibited Says Islamic Law Professor
Dr. Mustafa Zalmi, a leading Kurdish Shariah law expert, has said female circumcision...
HUDSON NEW YORK | 06.12.2010
Iraqi Kurdistan Confronts Female Genital Mutilation
 As reported to the Centre for Islamic Pluralism by the non-governmental organization...
rudaw.net | 01.12.2010
Government Says 41 Percent of Kurdish Women Are Circumcised
 A survey by the Kurdistan Ministry of Health shows that 41 percent of women have gone under the...
Aswat Al Iraq | 28.11.2010
41% of women in Iraq’s Kurdistan circumcised – survey
 Some 41% of the women in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region were circumcised, a survey conducted...
RUDAW.net | 27.11.2010
Kurdistan Takes Measures Against Gender-Based Violence
 As Kurdistan is fast progressing, becoming democratized and westernized, it faces serious...
AKNEWS | 31.10.2010
Demand to outlaw female circumcision in Kurdistan
 The Kurdistan Health Ministry has planed for a conference on female circumcision practice in...
Human Rights Watch | 30.08.2010
Fighting Female Genital Mutilation
 In Iraqi Kurdistan, 40 percent of women and girls between the ages of 14 and 22 have been...
AKNEWS | 23.08.2010
Painting exhibition to campaign against FGM in Kurdistan
 A painting exhibition was opened in Qaladze town on Sunday, 135 km north east of Sulaimaniya...
FACEBOOK.COM | 15.08.2010
Kurdish Cleric defends FGM as religious practice
 Surgeon: Types 1 and 2 of FGM are medically permissible...
FACEBOOK.COM | 13.08.2010
FGM - The Unsolved Riddle?
 FGM has attracted a lot of attention after the publication of the HRW report, which came...
AKNEWS | 02.08.2010
Religious fatwa on FGM prcatices may have negative consequences, says NGO
 The representative of a German nongovernmental organization, WADI, stated the issued Fatwa...
RUDAW.NET | 02.08.2010
Circumcised Girls Have Less Marriage Chance in Kurdistan
 Muhammed Hassan, 22, is a single man who says one of the qualifications that his girlfriend...
guardian | 05.07.2010
The razor and the damage done: female genital mutilation in Kurdish Iraq
 Mixture of motives persuades villages to maintain practice that often leaves lasting effects on...
time.com | 30.06.2010
Report: Female Circumcision in Iraqi Kurdistan Still High
 For many young girls in the world, a life-changing experience might be reaching puberty or...
GLOBALPOST | 21.06.2010
Shocking statistics on "female genital mutilation"
 Female circumcision a good idea? Ask 73 percent of Kurdistani women...
DAILYBEAST.COM | 17.06.2010
The Plight of Women in Northern Iraq
 Violence in Iraq has abated. But in Kurdistan in the north, women continue to suffer. A new report...
New york times | 16.06.2010
Kurdistan Is Urged to Ban Genital Cutting
 SULAIMANIYA, Iraq: Human Rights Watch urged Kurdistan’s government on Wednesday to...
Los angeles TIMES | 16.06.2010
Human Rights Watch slams high rates of female genital excision in Iraqi Kurdistan
“I still feel the fear,” Runak recalled as she told her story of undergoing genital excision at...
Human Rights Watch | 16.06.2010
Iraqi Kurdistan: Girls and Women Suffer Consequences of Female Genital Mutilation
Kurdistan Regional Government Should Outlaw the Practice...
Human rights watch | 15.06.2010
Pictures about FGM in Kurdistan and the work of WADI
A significant number of girls and women in Iraqi Kurdistan suffer femalegenital mutilation (FGM)...
The lancet | 06.03.2010
Reports focus on female genital mutilation in Iraqi Kurdistan
Campaigns against female genital mutilation have mainly targeted African nations, where most...
UNHCR | 03.03.2010
Women's Rights in Middle East and North Africa 2010: Iraq
Iraqi women's rights advocates, men and women alike, began their struggle for equality...
HUDSON NEW YORK | 03.03.2010
"Such Hadiths Are Not Confirmed To Be Authentic"
The repellent and, in too few countries, prohibited, practice of female genital mutilation (FGM)...
DE Volkskrant | 24.02.2010
Meerderheid van Koerdische vrouwen in Irak is besneden
Besnijdenis van meisjes komt op grote schaal voor onder de Koerden in het noorden... (dutch)
The Kurdish Globe | 21.02.2010
FGM, once a taboo now a breached silence
Encouraged by houses built by the KRG, Kulajo residents return home...
IWPR.NET | 11.02.2010
Female Circumcision Ban Urged
 New survey reveals that majority of women in Kurdistan have undergone genital mutilation...
RUDAW.NET | 24.01.2010
HRW: Kurdistan fails to combat female circumcision
 The recent 20th annual World Report of Human Rights Watch criticizes the Kurdistan Regional...
STOP FGM BLOG | 21.01.2010
The latest Human Rights Watch World Report
 Human Rights Watch mentions FGM in Iraqi-Kurdistan twice in its latest World Report...
KAMEEL AHMADY | 01.2010
A message from Iran
I have a message from Iran for you, written in a simple language, away from the many big words...

 

Archived Articles

2009

STOPFGMKURDISTAN.ORG | 18.1.2009
Recently Published Articles about FGM in Iraqi-Kurdistan
We are glad to present here translated excerpts from various Kurdish newspapers, to update you on the...

ROSITAV.COM | 2.2009
Genital mutilation of Southern Kurdistan (1)
With the genital mutilation of girls at an early age is to control the future of women's feelings and sex drive...

ROSITAV.COM | 2.2009
Genital mutilation of Southern Kurdistan (2)
With the genital mutilation of girls at an early age is to control the future of women's feelings and sex drive...

RADIO NEDERLAND | 20.02.2009
Kurdistán combate la ablación del clítoris
 La circuncisión femenina está avanzando en Kurdistán, en el norte de Irak, según un informe... (spanish)

TROUW | 05.03.2009
Koerdische media verbreken zwijgen rond vrouwenbesnijdenis
 Voorpagina van de Koerdische krant Hawlati. Hawlati neemt het voortouw in de publieke campagne... (dutch)

HAWLATI | 08.03.2009
The Traditional Celebration of March the 8th is criticized
While In Kurdistan Region the 103 anniversary of the International Women’s Day is celebrated...

RADIO FREE EUROPE | 10.03.2009
Female Genital Mutilation said to be widespread in Iraq's, Irans's Kurdistan
Tahereh vividly remembers the day in her native town of Marivan in Iran when she was circumcised...

ROSITAV.COM | 3.2009
Genital mutilation of Southern Kurdistan (3)
With the genital mutilation of girls at an early age is to control the future of women's feelings and sex drive...

EXPONTOMAGAZINE | 3.2009
Dat zal ik mijn eigen dochter niet aandoen
 Als Wadi, een vrouwenrechten organisatie, in 2007 met schokkende cijfers over... (dutch)

THE ATLANTIC | 14.04.2009
Face of the day
Iraqi Kurdish four-year-old Shwen screams during her circumcision in Suleimaniyah on April 14, 2009...

JEZEBEL.COM | 16.04.2009
Nigeriens, Iraqis Denounce Female Genital Mutilation
10 villages in Niger have publicly denounced the practice and...

RADIKAL | 24.05.2009
Nereden çıktı bu kadın sünneti?
Alman sivil toplum örgütü WADİ'nin haritasına göre kadın sünneti, Türkiye'nin ...

IWPR | 03.06.2009
Combating female circumcision
Activist describes challenges facing those trying to end the controversial practice in Iraqi Kurdistan...

WARIS DIRIE FD. | 16.06.2009
FGM in Iraq
Northern Iraq - Human rights organisation WADI estimates that 60 % of women in Iraq are subjected to FGM...

Al arabiya | 23.06.2009
Research: Most of women in Iraqi-Kurdistan are circumcised
Relief organization started campaign against FGM... (arabic)

KURDISH HERALD | 04.08.2009
Combating female genital mutilation in Iraqi Kurdistan
As the first organization in Iraqi Kurdistan to open a women’s shelter, WADI is an authority on women’s issues...

KURDISH HERALD | 05.09.2009
Ms. Arian Arif – a woman's strength cannot be hidden
If you entered a room full of women, she would instantly be the one who captures your attention...

TROUW | 12.11.2009
In deel Koerdistan zijn bijna alle vrouwen besneden
 Ruim 85 procent van de vrouwen in het Koerdische noorden van Irak is besneden, uit traditie of in naam van de islam... (dutch)

FACEBOOK ARTICLE | 12.11.2009
Female Genital Mutilation is NOT an African problem!
 Due to the tireless work of the organisation WADI e.V. the dimension of Female Genital Mutilation in Middle East becomes more and more clear...

BRITISH EMBASSY, IRAQ | 12.2009
Working to Reduce Female Genital Mutilation in Kurdistan
 Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is recognised internationally as a violation of the human rights...

2008

TIME MAGAZINE | 04.01.2008
An End to Female Genital Cutting?
These are busy times for Pakhshan Zangana. Head of the women's caucus in the Iraqi Kurdish...

KURDISH MEDIA | 07.02.2008
Kurdish woman are also victims of circumcision
Kurdish anthropologist Kameel Ahmady wrote several articles about gender and studied this subject...

WADI | 08.2008
Debate about Female Genital Mutilation in Kurdish Newspaper
The independent Kurdish Newspaper Hawlati published recently some articles debating Female Genital...

AFP | 23.11.2008
Iraq's Kurdish areas prepare to ban female circumcision
Parliament in Iraq's northern autonomous region of Kurdistan is preparing to outlaw female...

WASHINGTON POST | 29.12.2008
For Kurdish Girls, a Painful Ancient Ritual
The Widespread Practice of Female Circumcision in Iraq's North Highlights. The Plight of Women...

2007

NATIONAL REVIEW | 06.03.2007
A Good Sign in Iraqi Kurdistan

MIDDLE EAST QUARTERLY | 2007
Is Female Genital Mutilation an Islamic Problem?

2006

THE WORLD/BBC NEWS| 02.01.2006
Practice of female circumcision in Northern Iraq

USAID | 05.10.2006
Iraqi Civil Society Advocates Against Harmful Practices

IRIN NEWS – UN | 02.02.2006
Middle East:FGM still largely an unknown quantity in Arab world

2005

IRIN NEWS – UN | 07.01.2005
Survey suggests widespread female circumcision in Germian region

RADIO FREE EUROPE | 21.01.2005
Iraq: Study Says Female Genital Mutilation Widespread In North

THE DAILY AZTEC | 02.02.2005
United States should not turn blind eye to female genital mutilation

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL | 22.02.2005
Iraq: Decades of suffering, Now women deserve better

CRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR | 10.08.2005
Female circumcision surfaces in Iraq

THE WASHINGTON TIMES | 22.08.2005
Ancient practices still a threat to Iraqi women

THE IRISH TIMES | 25.10.2005
Study provides proof of female genital mutilation in Middle East

2004

WOMENS NEWS| 21.08.2004
Genital mutilation is traditional in Iraqi Kurdistan

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