Women

In August 2014, thousands of Yezidis were trapped in the Shingal mountains as they tried to escape from the so-called Islamic State. (Photo: Anadolu Agency/Emrah Yorulmaz)

Kurdistan

SEED Foundation calls for safer internet for women in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region

Turkish-backed rebels in Afrin city (Photo: Ömer Alven - AA)

Syria

Elderly woman killed by stray bullets in Afrin

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with United Kingdom’s Duchess of Edinburgh, Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones, May 23, 2023. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

PM Barzani, UK’s Duchess of Edinburgh discuss children, women’s rights

Shokhan Nasradin is bakin at the back of her KIA truck, which she had turned into a mobile kitchen, in Sulaimani, April 8, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Female street vendor eyes financial independence in Sulaimani despite challenges

A picture shows the Supreme Judicial Council building in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, Dec. 27, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

Iraq

Iraq records over 6,000 divorce cases in one month

Rallies have been held around the world in solidarity with Iran's women (Photo: Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP)

USA

US honors ‘Women and Girl Protestors of Iran’ in Madeleine Albright Award

UK announces new women and peace plan in Erbil

Kurdistan

UK announces new women and peace plan in Erbil

Tiba al-Ali, 22, was killed by her father on January 31 in the southern province of Diwaniya. (Photo: Social media)

Iraq

UN in Iraq condemns the killing of 22 year old woman

Tiba al-Ali, 22, was killed by her father on January 31 in the southern province of Diwaniya. (Photo: Social media)

Iraq

Iraqis outraged after father kills YouTube star daughter

Saudi conductor Raneem Azzouz, drives a high-speed train ferrying pilgrims to Mecca, in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah, Jan. 22, 2023. (Photo: Amer Hilabi/AFP)

Middle East

Women drive fast train to Mecca as Saudi workforce evolves

Alaa Adel, an Iraqi fashion designer, works at her "Iraqcouture" studio in the capital Baghdad, Jan. 11, 2023. (Photo: Sabah Arar/AFP)

Iraq

Small businesses, big dreams: Iraq's women entrepreneurs

The 37-year-old defendant, identified only as Nadine K., is also facing charges of crimes against humanity (Photo: DPA)

Europe

German woman goes on trial over 'enslaving' Yazidi woman

Detainees are lined up at Sulaimani Police station, Dec. 31, 2022. (Photo: Sulaimani Police)

Kurdistan

Three more people arrested for assaulting teen girl in Sulaimani

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

PM Barzani condemns mob attack on a young girl in Sulaimani

Iraqi security forces in a prison complex in Iraq's capital Baghdad, Dec. 22, 2020. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)

Kurdistan

Sulaimani police arrest seven over sexual assault on a minor

Member countries vote on the removal of Iran from membership in the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on December 14, 2022. (Photo: AFP/ Yuki Iwamura)

Iran

UN council ousts Iran from UN commission backing women