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KWRW NEWS:

Roundup of media reports on honour-based violence and violent incidents involving women in Iraqi Kurdistan Region, May-December 2008 - 22/08/2009

New Project Investigating Honour-Based Violence - 08/09/2008

Job opportunity at KWRW - 08/09/2008

Reports of honour-based murders and suspected murders, April 2008 - 13/06/2008

Roundup of reports on honour-based murders and attempted or suspected murders, March 08 - 12/06/2008

Roundup of reports on honour-based violence and violent incidents involving women in Kurdistan Region, February 2008 - 26/05/2008

Roundup of reports on honour-based violence and violent incidents involving women in Kurdistan Region, December 2007 -January 2008 - 26/05/2008

Roundup of reports on honour-based violence and violent incidents involving women in Kurdistan Region, September/ October 2007 - 26/05/2008

 

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


German court gives father life jail for honour killing of daughter Gulsum Semin
04/01/2010  Pakistan Christian Post
Germany; January 4, 2010; DPA reports: “A German court imprisoned a Kurdish man, 50, for life on Tuesday for ordering the “honour killing” of his own daughter after being told she had lost her virgi

‘I ask that my father end the nightmares that haunt us’ Home Staff
18/12/2009  The Times, Nuray Guler
Tulay Goren was my beloved sister. She was only 15 years old and in the spring of her life when she was taken from us. Tulay was caught in the middle of two clashing worlds. At home she was expect

’These brutal, pre-meditated acts of violence are anything but honourable’Dr
18/12/2009  Aisha Gill: Commentary
Honour killings are anything but honourable. They are brutal, premeditated acts of violence perpetrated by the very people who are supposed to protect the victim from harm. The United Nations Populati

Tell us where she’s buried, honour killing sister pleads
18/12/2009  The Times, Helen Nugent
Tulay Goren was 15 when she disappeared The sister of a teenage girl who was murdered by her father to protect his family’s “honour” pleaded with him to reveal the whereabouts of her body after he wa

Tell us where she’s buried, honour killing sister pleads
18/12/2009  The Times, Helen Nugent
Tulay Goren was 15 when she disappeared The sister of a teenage girl who was murdered by her father to protect his family’s “honour” pleaded with him to reveal the whereabouts of her body after he wa

Father guilty of Tulay Goren ’honour killing’
17/12/2009  BBC
father has been found guilty of murdering his 15-year-old daughter in a so-called honour killing. Schoolgirl Tulay Goren disappeared in 1999 after having a relationship with a man who her family d

Honour case man’s ’death threat’
02/11/2009  BBC
The father of an alleged "honour killing" victim threatened to kill her the day before she disappeared, the girl’s sister has told a court. Tulay Goren, 15, went missing in Woodford Green, n

Honour case man’s ’death threat’
02/11/2009  BBC
Tulay Goren, 15, disappeared in January 1999 The father of an alleged "honour killing" victim threatened to kill her the day before she disappeared, the girl’s sister has told a court.

’Be a man and tell the truth’: Mother pleads with husband to ’admit honour killing’ of daughter
22/10/2009  Lucy Ballinger - MailOnline
A woman demanded her husband ’be a man’ and admit to the murder of their teenage daughter ten years ago in an alleged honour killing. Tulay Goren, 15, went missing in 1999 after falling in love wit

’Honour killing’ mother’s court outburst
21/10/2009  By Channel 4 News
The mother of alleged "honour killing" victim, Tulay Goren, faced her husband in court and asks him to explain her daughter’s disappearance. Mehmet Goren denies murdering his 15-year
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