Gender based violence

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

Europe

Kosovo tries to tackle domestic violence - but women keep dying

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

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

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

Kurdistan

UNHCR holds event against gender-based violence in Erbil

The exhibition shows the gravestones of women murdered in honour killings. (Photo: Wladimir van Wilgenburg/Kurdistan 24).

Kurdistan

‘Untitled’ exhibition focuses on female victims of honor killings

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) delivers a speech at UKH-organized confernece on gender equality, Nov. 28, 2021. (Photo: UNAMI)

Iraq

UNAMI Chief praises 'pioneering role' of female politicians in Kurdistan