IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Shaimaa Saadoun is haunted by her memory of being forced into an abusive marriage to a 39-year-old man just after she turned 13. Her impoverished family near the southern Iraqi city ...
Erbil, Iraq, October 30, 2024 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC), in partnership with the National Department for Iraqi Women (NDIW), facilitated two workshops aimed at increasing the capacity ...
Women and children's rights campaigners in Iraq have pushed back at proposals that could enshrine sectarianism in family relationships, hand more power in family matters to clerics and open the door ...
of her group’s program in Iraq: “Just surviving there is an accomplishment in itself.” Ms. Salbi is the founder and chief executive of Women for Women International, in Washington, a group that offers ...