IWPR
Institute for War & Peace Reporting
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Kurdistani Nwe is a political daily issued by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
Women’s NGOs have proliferated over the last few years, though there’s some debate about how effective or independent they are.
Violence against women has become increasingly common in Iraq.
London-based Azzaman is issued daily by Saad al-Bazaz.
Hawlati is and independent newspaper issued weekly in Sulaimaniyah.
Al-Sabah al-Jadeed is an independent daily paper.
London-based Asharq al-Awsat, a pro-Saudi independent paper, is issued daily.
Female trade union leader severely beaten in recent anti-government protest recounts ordeal.