Women

A woman demonstrates for the camera the tools and techniques she uses to perform female genital mutilation (FGM). (Photo: AP)

World

230 million girls endure female genital mutilation worldwide: UNICEF Report

Bus driver Saodat Shermatova, 49, drives an electric bus in Tashkent early on March 5, 2024. (Photo: VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)

World

Women bus drivers, a first for Uzbekistan

World

UN chief: Legal equality for women could take 300 years as backlash rises against women's rights

View of the debate organized by Kurdistan 24, Sulaimani. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan 24 Celebrates Women's Day with Inspiring Debate on Women's Crucial Role

Fidan Ataselim, general secretary of We Will Stop Femicides Platform or WWSF, walks on the street following an interview with the Associated Press in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (Photo: AP)

Turkey

Turkey struggles to stop violence against women. At least 71 have been killed this year

Syria

Yezidi woman found in Syria’s al-Hol camp

Women protest gender violence in Kosovo, December 2023. (Photo: Armend Nimani/AFP)

Europe

Kosovo tries to tackle domestic violence - but women keep dying

British-Kurdish aid worker Taban Shoresh (Photo: Taban Shoresh/Facebook).

World

UK honours British Kurd for services to refugees and survivors in Kurdistan Region

KDP Vice President and Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani delivering remarks at ninth congress of Kurdistan Women's Union, Dec. 21, 2023. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

KDP VP Masrour Barzani congratulates Kurdistan Women’s Union on congress success

KDP Vice President and Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani delivering remarks at ninth congress of Kurdistan Women's Union, Dec. 21, 2023. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

KRG aims to further empower women, says PM Barzani

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister and KDP Vice President Masrour Barzani is pictured during a special conversation with BBC's Maryam Moshiri in Duhok at MEPS23, Nov. 21, 2023. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

KDP Deputy Barzani congratulates Kurdistan Women Union’s on 71st anniversary

A woman shows a placard with a photo of of Iranian Mahsa Amini as she attends a protest against her death, in Berlin, Sept. 28, 2022. (Photo: AP)

Iran

Iran bans Mahsa Amini's family from traveling to accept the European Union’s top human rights prize

KRG Interior Minister Reber Ahmed spoke at the closing event for 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV). (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

The fight against gender-based violence continues: KRG Interior Minister

Rebar Ahmed, the Interior Minister of the KRG (third from left), during his meeting with women rights activists, Dec. 5, 2023. (Photo: Rebar Ahmed/ X)

Kurdistan

KRG Interior Minister, women rights activists address gender equality

KRG Coordinator for International Advocacy is pictured during delivering his remarks at an event to mark 16 Days of Activism, Dec. 5, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

KRG ninth cabinet supports women’s rights, fighting GBV, says official

Two Yezidi women seen walking at Chamishko camp in Duhok province's Zakho, May 5, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Kurdistan

Over 2,000 kidnapped Yezidi women remain in ISIS custody