Attachments
IN THIS SPECIAL ISSUE ON WOMEN
Winning Articles from the first UN Iraq Women Journalist Contest
Celebrating freedom: Media to empower women in Iraq ......................................................... 1
Winning Article #1: Women’s sports in Mosul: A “crime” behind closed doors .......................... 3
Winning Article #2: Specialized gangs to smuggle them abroad; some of the kidnapped women face “honour killing” by their families ...................................................................... 5
Winning Article #3: Hold on… It is a moment to mourn!!! Iraqi women in the sex media markets ..................................................................... 7
Iraqi women working for peace ..................... 10
Faces of the five pillars: Integrating women and elections in Iraq ........................................... 11
Women police officers: Pushing their own limits and those of society ............................... 14
The power of literacy: Dream, learn, achieve! ...15
Women’s empowerment in the informal settlement of Kurani Ainkawa ........................................... 16
Faiza Mohammad Ismaeel: A woman empowered to help her community ................................... 17
Ala’a’s story: Someone to believe in you ............ 18
UN supports Iraq in efforts to eradicate gender-based violence ............................................................. 19
Empowering displaced and refugee women and addressing sexual and gender-based violence .................................................................... 20
Refugee Voices ....................................................... 20
Training Syrian refugee women to provide gender-based violence services in Domiz camp .......................................................................... 21
Women’s reproductive health in Domiz: Supporting deliveries and new beginnings in the camp .......................................................................... 21
List of the United Nations Acronyms ............. 22