The new update of 2014-2015 is, of course, the attack of ISIS. But this is rooted in recent history. It is the direct result of all the politics that….

OWFI was founded by a few Iraqi women who decided to have a voice. We were sure the future government would not be a woman-friendly one. From the fir….

Young women growing into situations with no parents are usually material for exploitation in the brothels..

The leading members of ISIS were either tortured in US military prisons or in the prisons of the Shi'a government which the Americans put in place..

When I was a student, I was dressed like a modern girl and I wore long shorts. That is part of the past. There is fear in the streets. You cannot go ….

Before 2003, none of us knew which part of the country was Sunni and which part was Shi'a. This was something new to Iraq and we are reaping the resu….

Polygamy was not a problem in the '80s. I do not remember one single woman in Baghdad who was the second or third wife. Now it's a very common story.….

In Iraq, we did have dictators, we did have times of war but it never reached the point where one person, or a group, would be attacking another grou….

The US empowered the Shi'a Islamic political groups and marginalised a big part of Iraq who were recognised as Sunni people. It was only to be expect….

The constitution has put women in a position where no one will protect them from religious cliques. If a woman is the third or the fourth wife and sh….

In the beginning, in 2003, there was the Iraqi resistance, which didn't want the US occupation, then they developed Al Qaeda, but even then it was ne….

I would like to see the Iraqi government guarantee social insurance for the Yazidi women who were enslaved and to recognise their status as prisoners….

I would like to see a law legalising women's shelters in Iraq. I would like to see our radio being opened again as a result of the pressure that we'r….

What has ISIS done to the women in the cities they have conquered? Direct enslavement, humiliation and turning women into concubines to be bought and….

When you torture a person for long periods you might get a very passionate human rights defender but most probably you will get a beast whose only co….

We have had many wars with other countries and when a prisoner comes back they get many benefits, they get a house, they get a salary and I want the ….

In the very first part of the constitution there is the article that refuses any law or any article in discrepancy with Sharia. We Iraqis feel it was….