I would like to see the Iraqi government guarantee social insurance for the Yazidi women who were enslaved and to recognise their status as prisoners of war. — Yanar Mohammed Copy Share Image
In the very first part of the constitution there is the article that refuses any law or any article in discrepancy with Sharia. We… — Yanar Mohammed Copy Share Image
We have had many wars with other countries and when a prisoner comes back they get many benefits, they get a house, they get… — Yanar Mohammed Copy Share Image
The constitution has put women in a position where no one will protect them from religious cliques. If a woman is the third or… — Yanar Mohammed Copy Share Image
The US empowered the Shi'a Islamic political groups and marginalised a big part of Iraq who were recognised as Sunni people. It was only… — Yanar Mohammed Copy Share Image
OWFI was founded by a few Iraqi women who decided to have a voice. We were sure the future government would not be a… — Yanar Mohammed Copy Share Image
Before 2003, none of us knew which part of the country was Sunni and which part was Shi'a. This was something new to Iraq… — Yanar Mohammed Copy Share Image
The new update of 2014-2015 is, of course, the attack of ISIS. But this is rooted in recent history. It is the direct result… — Yanar Mohammed Copy Share Image
I would like to see a law legalising women's shelters in Iraq. I would like to see our radio being opened again as a… — Yanar Mohammed Copy Share Image
What has ISIS done to the women in the cities they have conquered? Direct enslavement, humiliation and turning women into concubines to be bought… — Yanar Mohammed Copy Share Image
When you torture a person for long periods you might get a very passionate human rights defender but most probably you will get a… — Yanar Mohammed Copy Share Image
In Iraq, we did have dictators, we did have times of war but it never reached the point where one person, or a group,… — Yanar Mohammed Copy Share Image
In the beginning, in 2003, there was the Iraqi resistance, which didn't want the US occupation, then they developed Al Qaeda, but even then… — Yanar Mohammed Copy Share Image
