Women

Portraits of the four Kurdish women selected for BBC 100 Women 2022. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan 24/BBC)

Kurdistan

Four Kurdish women placed on BBC 100 Women 2022 list

UNCHR in 2021 held a campaign against gender-based violence near the ancient citadel of Erbil (Photo: Wladimir van Wilgenburg/Kurdistan 24

Iraq

UNAMI calls on Baghdad to pursue accountability for gender-based crimes

Dr. Dindar Zebari, KRG Coordinator for International Advocacy (top right) in a meeting with Alicia Herbert, UK's Special Envoy for Gender Equality (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

KRG’s top delegation discuss gender equality in key UK conference

Kurdistan

KRG’s top delegation to visit the United Kingdom

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (Photo: Kurdistan 24 )

Kurdistan

PM Barzani condemns gender-based violence

Iraqi carpenter Nour al-Janabi displays a piece at her home furniture workshop in Baghdad's Abu Dsheer area, Nov. 13, 2022. (Photo: Sabah Arar/AFP)

Iraq

'But you're a woman': Iraqi furniture-maker carves up stereotypes

Mohammad al-Masri says he doesn't have high-end equipment -- only "this nose I've been training since I was 15" (Photo: LOUAI BESHARA/AFP)

Syria

Syrian perfumer needs 'one whiff' to mimic luxury brands

Manal Jabbar, a 33-year-old Iraqi woman who was divorced eight years prior, gives an interview with AFP in Baghdad on September 18, 2022. (Photo: Sabah Arar/AFP)

Iraq

In Iraq, divorce rates soar even as stigma persists for women

Eman Sami Maghdid, known as Maria, was killed in early March in Erbil. Her brother was later convicted of the murder and sentenced to 15 years in prison. (Photo: Submitted to Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Erbil court sentences victim’s brother to 15 years in prison in ‘honor killing’ case

Wafa Ali, 18, recalling his captivity story to Kurdistan 24, Sept. 13, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Syria

Yezidi woman rescued from ISIS cells in notorious al-Hol camp

UNDP and UNFPA representatives sign agreement to combat sexual and gender-based violence in Iraq, July 18, 2022 (Photo: UNAMI/Facebook)

Iraq

UNDP and UNFPA sign agreement to combat sexual and gender-based violence in Iraq

The KRG’s Ministry for Labor and Social Affairs signed an agreement with SEED Foundation on Monday (Photo: SEED Foundation).

Kurdistan

KRG signs agreement with SEED to support vulnerable people in the Kurdistan Region

The Kurdistan Region's Minister of Interior, Rebar Ahmad, discussed a new anti-domestic violence bill in the Kurdistan Parliament on Monday, June 6, 2022 (Photo: Rebar Ahmad)

Kurdistan

Social awareness essential for reducing violence against women: Interior Minister

Fenk Shafeeq was appointed as the new Director General of the General Directorate of Combating Violence against Women (Photo: Rebar Ahmad/Twitter)

Kurdistan

KRG appoints new Director General of Combating Violence against Women

In December 2019, Payzee spoke at a TED talk entitled "A survivor's plea to end child marriage" (Photo: Forced marriage commission).

World

Kurdish activist wins Global Citizen Prize Award in UK

Ezra, a 35-year-old Yezidi woman, was killed on May 3 (Photo: Düzen Tekkal/Twitter)

Europe

Yezidi woman killed by her husband in Germany