Kurdish women
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Kurdish women have traditionally played important roles in Kurdish society and politics. In general, Kurdish women's rights and equality have improved dramatically in the 21st century due to progressive movements within Kurdish society. However, despite the progress, Kurdish and international women's rights organizations still report problems related to gender inequality, forced marriages, honor killings, and in Iraqi Kurdistan, female genital mutilation (FGM).
Lady Adela (center), ruler of Halabja, meeting with Major Soane in 1919.
Leyla Zana giving a speech at Newroz celebrations, Diyarbakir, March 21, 2007.
Member of the YPJ with a standard uniform
Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, KRG Representative to USA.
Murder of Tulay Goren
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Tulay Goren was a 15-year-old Kurdish schoolgirl from Woodford Green, East London who went missing in January 1999.
