News Center - More women are subjected to violence in northern Iraq. Recently, a young woman was subjected to attack by a group of men while visiting a motorbike show in the Hiwan neighborhood of Sulaymaniyah. After the incident, the Asayish of Sulaymaniyah announced that they arrested 19 people for attacking the young woman.

The Iraqi Women Journalist Forum (IWJF) conducted a survey across Iraq. The survey involved interviewing women across Iraq. According to unofficial statistics released by the IWJF, 77% of Iraqi women are subjected to harassment. 90% of interviewed women demanded regulations preventing harassment against women and ending this phenomenon in society.

They have to work despite harassment

78% of interviewed women said that they were subjected to harassment at the workplace but they could not quit their jobs due to their bad financial situation. According to the survey, 57% of Iraqi women are subjected to verbal harassment, 20% of them are subjected to sexual harassment, 5% to domestic harassment and 7% to online harassment and blackmail.