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Yanar Mohammed says the U.S. invasion and occupation hurt women’s rights. As President Obama hailed the “extraordinary achievement” of U.S.
troops withdrawing from Iraq in December, continuing protests against
government repression and abysmal basic services undermined the
narrative of a successful democratic transition. Yanar Mohammed,
president of the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), has for
months helped many Iraqis express their anger. Since February 2011’s
“Day of Iraqi Anger” – on which tens of thousands of Iraqis nationwide
called for jobs, fair distribution of Iraq’s oil wealth and an end to
occupation – Mohammed has helped organize weekly demonstrations in
Baghdad’s Tahrir Square. She’s been a vocal critic of both the U.S.-led
occupation and the fundamentalist groups that she says it has empowered.
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Dashty (right) a Kurdish woman who was subjected to female genital mutilation at the age of 12. Photo hrw.org
RUDAW -- Nearly 4,000 cases of violence were recorded in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2011 including 720 cases of systematic torture, the government reported last week, but women’s activists say the numbers are severely under-reported.
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Irak ve Güney Kürdistan’da kadının içinde bulunduğu durum her gün iç kanatmaya devam ediyor. İslamcı köktendinciliğin sarmalında yaşayan Irak ve Güney Kürdistanlı kadınlar için gelecek, belirsizliklerle dolu. 2003 yılında Saddam rejiminin yıkılması kadınlara yeni bir şey getirmediği gibi, Irak anayasasını kendisine referans alan Yerel Hükümet de, muhafazakar ve gerici gelenekleri teşvik eden bir politika izlemekten geri durmuyor.
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We are pleased to invite you to the “Stop Stoning,
Stop Execution” Conference. Date: Saturday 14 January
2012 Time: 11.00 – 5.00
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