Stop FGM in Kurdistan

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2012

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...

WADI | 18.01.2012
1st ever conference on FGM in Middle East
FGM not merely an African problem; high rates in the Middle East...

Kirkuk Now | 08.02.2012
WADI: 50% of Kirkuk women circumcised
In its latest report on FGM, the German WADI says the circumcised women are facing...

AKNEWS | 16.02.2012
Religion involved in violence against women
The law for combating domestic violence is one of the most significant laws that Kurdistan...

turkishpolicy.com | 01.03.2012
An Underestimated Human Rights Issue: Female Genital Mutilation in Iraq
Female genital mutilation (FGM, hereinafter) is a form of gender-related violence that was ...

WADI | 09.04.2012
Study shows: FGM common in Kirkuk
For the first time, an empirical study proved that female genital mutilation is also prevalent in...

AKNEWS | 12.04.2012
Iraqi human rights committee calls on Kurdish counterpart to coordinate fight against female circumcision
A member of the human rights committee in the Iraqi Council of Representatives today called on...

HIVOS | 04.05.2012
Dutch liberal MP labels Wadi’s anti FGM campaign ‘best practice’
Once in a while one gets support from an unexpected friend. It occurred this week when the...

RUDAW.nET | 03.05.2012
Female Circumcision Still Prevalent Among Some Kurdish Communities
Around 34 percent of women in the ethnically diverse city of Kirkuk have been circumcised...

Sama Tata | 05.06.2012
FGM remains a problem in Iraqi Kurdistan and beyond
While much research exists on the prevalence of FGM in Africa, “the existence of FGM/C in the...

THE SUN DAILY | 21.06.2012
Women's rights law no match for Kurdish tradition
In June 2011, Iraqi Kurdistan passed a landmark law that criminalised female circumcision...

GATESTONE | 29.06.2012
Campaign Against FGM in Iraq and Middle East
Among Iraqi Arabs in a recent sample, it is common for the fathers of prospective husband...

Human Rights Watch | 29.08.2012
Iraqi Kurdistan: Law Banning FGM Not Being Enforced
The practice of female genital mutilation continues in the Kurdistan region of Iraq a year...

REUTERS | 17.10.2012
Fighting female genital mutilation, one Kurdish village at a time
Amena practiced female genital mutilation in her remote village in Iraqi Kurdistan for so many...

IRAQUNDERMYSKIN | 01.12.2012
Stop the mutilation of women
,I call on mothers and sisters to help stop the mutilation of women.'' That was the very...

CPT Iraqi Kurdistan | 19.12.2012
Profile of courage: Shanga Rahim Karim
Three years ago, while attending a meeting at WOLA, a women's legal assistance organisation...

Associated Press | 20.12.2012
UN unanimously calls for global ban on centuries-old practice of female genital mutilation
UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. General Assembly unanimously approved a resolution Thursday...

Iraq Updates | 17.10.2012
38% of Kirkuk Girls Are Circumcised
According to a statistic by (Pana) center 38% of girls in Kirkuk are circumcised, according to the...

2011

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...

sargasso | 18.02.2011
"Vrouwenbesnijdenis vooral een probleem in moslimlanden"
Thomas von den Osten-Sacken van de Iraaks-Duitse mensenrechtenorganisatie...

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...

kurdish globe | 17.04.2011
Campaign to end the pain
A health awareness campaign becomes a stepping stone to a FGM-free generation...

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...

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...

Human Rights Watch | 25.07.2011
Iraqi Kurdistan: Law Banning FGM a Positive Step
Bill Shows Commitment to End Violence Against Women...

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...

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...

SCIELO ESPAÑA | 10.10.2011
Impact of psychological disorders after female genital mutilation among Kurdish girls in Northern Iraq

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...

2010

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...

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...

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...

IWPR.NET | 11.02.2010
Female Circumcision Ban Urged
New survey reveals that majority of women in Kurdistan have undergone genital mutilation...

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...

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)

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)...

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...

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...

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)...

Human Rights Watch | 16.06.2010
Iraqi Kurdistan: Girls and Women Suffer Consequences of Female Genital Mutilation
Kurdistan Regional Government Should Outlaw the Practice...

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...

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...

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...

GLOBALPOST | 21.06.2010
Shocking statistics on "female genital mutilation"
Female circumcision a good idea? Ask 73 percent of Kurdistani women...

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...

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...

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...

AKNEWS | 02.08.2010
Religious fatwa on FGM practices may have negative consequences, says NGO
The representative of a German nongovernmental organization, WADI, stated the issued Fatwa...

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...

FACEBOOK.COM | 15.08.2010
Kurdish Cleric defends FGM as religious practice
Surgeon: Types 1 and 2 of FGM are medically permissible...

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...

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 | 31.10.2010
Demand to outlaw female circumcision in Kurdistan
The Kurdistan Health Ministry has planed for a conference on female circumcision practice in...

RUDAW.net | 27.11.2010
Kurdistan Takes Measures Against Gender-Based Violence
As Kurdistan is fast progressing, becoming democratized and westernized, it faces serious...

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 | 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...

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...

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