Pregnant Wife Gets A Beating For Conceiving A Daughter
BIA 11.06.2008 The prosecutor releases the husband who gave a beating to his wife for not conceiving a son. Lawyer Moroğlu says that this is against the new Penal Code, but the authorities are usually reluctant to apply the new measures.
08.06.2008-Director of the Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation, a demand for action and a plea to support their campaign, in the light of the stoning to death of Kurdistan Aziz last month:Since the murder of Du'a Khalil Aswad, a little over a year ago, there can be few people who are unaware that in Kurdistan, even the stones on the ground carry the evidence of brutality and violence against women. Under the Kurdish and Iraqi government, power is ultimately ceded to the tribes, with their barbaric culture of 'honour' killing, despite the international attention given to these constant and repeated acts of terrorism against women.
Guillermo Valle-
28.05.2008 -In the Middle East, known for the
subordination of women, the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) brings a new
revolutionary point of view. The PKK guerrilla movement numbers many
female fighters within its ranks.
Peace Mothers to Erdogan: How can you stand against this people?
Kurdish Info/ ANF/27.05.2008 – The
Diyarbakir Peace Mothers Initiative made a press statement in protest to
Erdogan’s visit to the city of Diyarbakir.
The statement was made by Nafiye Yigit.
Surge in violence against women in Iraqi Kurdistan
AFP 24.05/.2008-Medics in Iraqi Kurdistan said on Saturday that they had seen a surge in violence against women in May, with both so-called "honour" killings and female suicides on the increase.
KRG establishes mechanisms to enforce laws protecting women from violence
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is creating a mechanism to ensure the Region's laws to protect women from violence are implemented at all levels.
Patrick Cockburn: How picture phones have fuelled frenzy of honour killing in Ir
A dark pool of dried blood and a fallen red scarf mark the place where Ronak, who had fled to a woman's shelter in the Kurdish city of Sulaymaniyah when she was accused of adultery by her husband, was shot three times by a man hiding on the roof of a nearby building.
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