Legal Documents

• KRG Strategy to Combat Violence Against Women

• Kurdistan Region Amendments to Iraq's Personal Status Law

• Kurdistan Region Law to Combat Domestic Violence

Government Structures and Institutions

• Women's Rights Monitoring Board
  • Contact: wrmb@krg.org

• High Council of Women's Affairs
  • High Council of Women's Affairs (functions and responsibilities)
  • Contact: women.krg@gmail.com / 066-257-4442 / 066-264-0353

• The High Committee to Combat Violence Against Women
  • By-law - High Committee to Combat Violence Against Women

Ministry of Interior

• General Directorate to Combat Violence Against Women
  • Contact: b.tundetezhy_zhnan@yahoo.com / 066-264-8547

• Directorate to Combat Violence Against Women - Erbil
  • Contact

• Directorate to Combat Violence Against Women - Slemani
  • Contact

• Directorate to Combat Violence Against Women - Duhok
  • Contact

Other Ministries

• KRG Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs - responsible for women's shelters

• KRG Ministry of Endowment and Religious Affairs - responsible to mobilise religious efforts to combat gender-based violence

Hotlines for Emergency Assistance

• Erbil: 066-256-7272 / 0750-759-8172 (Directorate to Combat Violence Against Women)

• Erbil: 0750-464-9393 / 0750-382-5353 (Kurdistan Women's Union)

• Slemani: 199 Asiacell only (Directorate to Combat Violence Against Women)

• Duhok: 062-165 (Directorate to Combat Violence Against Women)

Non-Governmental Organizations (Kurdish) - A list of NGOs specializing in the field of women's rights and empowerment