Country: Iraq

International Women’s Day on 8 March brings a welcome focus on women’s rights and equality at a time when the highly gendered impacts of Covid-19 have the potential to threaten decades of slow progress. Globally, women are experiencing the unequal…

Classroom for religious lessons to Ezidi children survived ISIS atrocities in Duhok, April 2019. Photo by KirkukNow. Iraqi parliament has skipped two articles in the…

This is a video of the launch of KirkukNow's booklet, "The Kaka'is in a Time of Corona", collecting articles and stories about the experiences of…

The UN General Assembly has voted to adopt a resolution protecting religious sites. Recent conflicts in Iraq and Syria have seen vast swathes of religious…

Read the story of Fawzia, held captive by ISIS, liberated, living in an IDP camp, taken to an orphanage, then back to he Camp. According…

Nissan Mirza Darwesh, 20, an Ezidi IDP in Kabartw camp, has taken 15,000 photos of life in IDP camps. Photo by Ammar Aziz For long…

Ekhlas KHudur, second from the left, with four other women nominated as ambassador of hope in 2019 In every narration of the same story, she…

Max J. Joseph, Iraq Programme Coordinator at Minority Rights Group International Today, Yezidis will finally be able to give their loved ones a proper burial in Kocho,…

Hundreds of families returned to Shingal seek permission to retun to IDP camps in Duhok due to instability and hard living conditions. Nineveh 2020: Ezidi…

Developing a good pro-pluralism religious education curriculum requires much planning and a deep understanding of the context. In a country like Iraq, where the education…

Mays Al-Juboori, Civilian Rights Officer at Minority Rights Group International Yesterday, at least 32 people were killed, and more than 100 injured in twin suicide bombings…

Heritage and culture can be rooted in physical spaces, so when these come under threat or are permanently altered by conflict or climate change, this…