Sharia law, which influences much of Iraq’s legal system, permits child marriage under certain conditions, often tied to the ...

Jihadist group Islamic State killed about 5,000 Yazidis and enslaved thousands more A Swedish woman has been sentenced to 12 ...

Iraq’s top court has suspended implementation of three controversial bills passed last month by the country’s parliament, ...

Iraq’s highest court has temporarily suspended the enforcement of three contentious laws passed by parliament last month, ...

Yanar Mohammed, president of the Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), told Middle East Eye the Coordination Framework was using the changes to distract from their own 'corruption' and ...

Iraq faces extreme climate-related challenges, including severe heat, drought, and water scarcity, which disproportionately impact women. Many women, particularly in rural areas, are at greater risk ...

"We're preserving the coexistence and pluralism that was in Iraq," Benjamen said. Born and raised in Kirkuk, an oil-rich ...

Now is a critical moment to join together in action to help safeguard and strengthen the rights of women and girls in Iraq, and prevent their fundamental human rights from being further eroded. Child ...

She said, “As I speak with you today there are about 5000 women stranded in Iraq. I just dealt with a case last week. A husband sent his wife to Iraq to go and be a caregiver. She’s dead.

A Swedish court has sentenced a woman to 12 years in prison on genocide charges – in the country’s first criminal case over ...

Opponents to the amendments say they effectively legalize child marriage in Iraq and mark a significant step backward for women's rights in the country. The passage of the amendments also sets a ...