Stop FGM in Kurdistan

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...

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...

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...

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)

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...

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...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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)

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)

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...

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...

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...

Archived Articles

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

FGM in Kurdistan
Map with FGM-rates in the kurdish regions of Iraq…

10.2009
FGM in the Shadow of the Kurdistan Regional Government
A Report about the current efforts and activities of the Stop FGM Kurdistan campaign…

6.2009
A Symbol of mobilization for change
A golden Narcissus is the new symbol for a current media campaign against female genital mutilation in Kurdish northern Iraq.

5.2009
UNAMI: Human Rights Report
Women's rights groups in the KRG are campaigning to change the perception that FGM is harmless and required under Islam...

Movie "Handful of Ash"
Filmmaker Nabaz Ahmad created a documentary, in which Kurdish women vividly describe their experiences…
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12.04.2009
Launching a campaign against Female Genital Mutilation
As reported in the independent Kurdish newspaper Hawlati on Wednesday, a media committee...

12.03.2009
Media Committee for the Campaign against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Created in Iraqi-Kurdistan
As reported in the independent Kurdish newspaper Hawlati on Wednesday, a media committee...

12.2008
Appeal for Donations
We need your donation to continue the work of the Anti-FGM mobile teams – for their training and operation costs, and for setting up new teams to meet local demand...

23.11.2007
Draft for a Law Prohibiting Female Genital Mutilation is submitted to the Kurdish Regional Parliament
These days a draft of such a law was submitted to the Kurdish regional Parliament in Arbil...

04.2007
Petition
To the esteemed Head of Kurdistan Region Parliament, Presidency of Kurdistan Region, Kurdistan Region Counsel of Ministers...

27.03.2006
Female Genital Mutilation in Iraqi Kurdistan
Presentation to the conference: 1ère Journée Humanitaire sur la Santé des Femmes dans le Monde organized by Gynécologie sans Frontières, Paris...

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