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Welcome to KWRW (Kurdish Women's Rights Watch), an organisation dedicated to supporting and promoting women's rights in the
Kurdish community, whether in Kurdistan or in the diaspora. KWRW also incorporates KWAHK (Kurdish Women:
Action against Honour Killing), an honour-based violence campaign within the organisation.
We are a UK-based network, with members and supporters in many different countries.
This site provides information about our current activities and plans, and monitors news and other
items for material relevant to our campaigns. We hope you find it useful, and we welcome feedback and support.
Latest Artilces
Mahmod ’honour’ killing cousins jailed for life
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11/11/2010 BBC News
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Two cousins who murdered a relative because her family disapproved of her boyfriend have been jailed for life.
Banaz Mahmod, 20, an Iraqi Kurd from Mitcham, south London, was strangled in January 2
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Extradited men go on trial over ’honour killing’
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11/10/2010 The Press Association
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Two men who were extradited from Iraq have stood trial at the Old Bailey accused of taking part in the "honour killing" of Banaz Mahmod from south London.
The 20-year-old was strangled in January 2
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Extradited men go on trial over ’honour killing’
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11/10/2010 The Press Association
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Two men who were extradited from Iraq have stood trial at the Old Bailey accused of taking part in the "honour killing" of Banaz Mahmod from south London.
The 20-year-old was strangled in January 2
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The honour killing files:The crimewave that shames the world
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07/09/2010 The Independent- By Robert Fisk
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It is a tragedy, a horror, a crime against humanity. The details of the murders – of the women beheaded, burned to death, stoned to death, stabbed, electrocuted, strangled and buried alive for the "ho
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Circumcised Girls Have Less Marriage Chance in Kurdistan
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21/08/2010 NAJIBA MUHAMMAD - Rudaw
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IRAQI KURDISTAN, ERBIL:
Muhammed Hassan, 22, is a single man who says one of the qualifications that his girlfriend has to have is that she has to have escaped circumcision, or female genital muti
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