Human Rights Watch

Iraq: Prominent Women’s Rights Activist Assassinated

(Beirut) – A prominent Iraqi women’s rights activist was gunned down outside her Baghdad home by two men on motorcycles on March 2, 2026, Human Rights Watch said today. Yanar Mohammed, 65, co-founded ...
Yahoo

‘Burning Voice’ Goes Inside Tamara Amer’s Fight for Iraqi Women’s Rights: “I Won’t Shut Up”

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tamara Amer is fighting “a fierce battle against negative social control, a culture of silence, and the oppression of women in ...
Mongabay

Where war once raged in Iraq, Yezidi women plant hope

Yezidi women, many of whom survived a genocidal campaign by the terror group ISIS, are breaking social barriers by leading environmental renewal efforts in northern ...
Jurist

Iraq women’s rights defender assassinated

Prominent Iraqi women’s rights defender Yanar Mohammed was killed outside her Baghdad residence on March 2 by two unidentified gunmen. No group has claimed responsibility for the assassination. Iraqi ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Burning Voice’ Goes Inside Tamara Amer’s Fight for Iraqi Women’s Rights: “I Won’t Shut Up”

Anna Bruun Nørager's documentary, premiering at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, comes amid a global backlash: "Extreme conservative forces are trying to push down the fight for women’s rights." By Georg Szalai ...