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Nigerian Woman Trafficked To Iraq, Brutalised For A Year And 10 Months, Says 'I Can't Wish My Enemy To Be In That Place'
SaharaReporters in December 2024 reported that Odunayo who hails from Osun State in the South-West region of Nigeria was trafficked to Iraq in February 2023 to work as a domestic help. A 28-year ...
'Don't be afraid to try': Chardon woman injured while serving in Iraq channels pain into writing career
As a female veteran breaking barriers, Allison Kennedy encourages others facing their own battles to go after their dreams.
How a Network of Amateur Sleuths Helps Rescue Women Kidnapped by ISIS
No international body is searching for hundreds of Yazidi women and girls still held captive by the Islamist terrorists.
Yazidi woman enslaved by Islamic State relocates to Germany months after rescue
A Yazidi woman who survived rape and enslavement by Islamic State and was rescued from Gaza last October in a U.S.-led ...
Iraq’s Supreme Court freezes controversial laws on women’s rights, detainees, and land disputes
Iraq’s highest court has temporarily suspended the enforcement of three contentious laws passed by parliament last month, including a measure that activists argue erodes women’s rights. The Federal ...
Woman who kept Yazidi women and children as slaves in Syria jailed by Swedish court
A woman who kept Yazidi women and children as slaves in Raqqa, Syria, during the rule of the terror group ISIS was on Tuesday ...
Lost futures, marital rape, and exploitation: How child marriages in Iraq commodify women
Sharia law, which influences much of Iraq’s legal system, permits child marriage under certain conditions, often tied to the ...
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Legal Amendments in Iraq Threaten Rights of Women and Girls
Efforts to end child marriage in Iraq are facing a serious threat, with the Iraqi Council of Representatives’ approval of amendments to Iraq’s Personal Status Law raising grave concerns that it risks ...
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Iraq's top court suspends new legislation that activists say undermines women's rights
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s top court suspended implementation Tuesday of three controversial bills passed last month by the country’s parliament, including a measure that activists said undermines women’s ...