IWPR
Institute for War & Peace Reporting
London-based Asharq al-Awsat, a pro-Saudi independent paper, is issued daily.
Aso is a Suleimaniyah-based independent newspaper published three days a week.
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.