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Kurdish women (Kurdish: ژنانی کورد, romanized: Jinên Kurd) have traditionally played important roles in Kurdish society and politics.[1] In general, Kurdish women's rights and equality have improved dramatically in the 21st century due to progressive movements within Kurdish society.[2][3] However, despite the progress, Kurdish and international women's rights organizations still report problems related to gender inequality, forced marriages, honor killings, and in Iraqi Kurdistan, female genital mutilation (FGM).[4][5][6][7][8]

  1. ^ Latif Tas (22 April 2016). Legal Pluralism in Action: Dispute Resolution and the Kurdish Peace Committee. Routledge. p. 31. ISBN 978-1317106159.
  2. ^ "Kurdish women's movement reshapes Turkish politics – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East". Al-Monitor. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  3. ^ Alizadeh, Hooshmand; Kohlbacher, Josef; Mohammed, Sara Qadir; Vaisi, Salah (2022). "The Status of Women in Kurdish Society and the Extent of Their Interactions in Public Realm". SAGE Open. 12 (2). doi:10.1177/21582440221096441.
  4. ^ Begikhani, Nazand (24 January 2015). "Why the Kurdish Fight for Women's Rights Is Revolutionary". Huffingtonpost. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  5. ^ "COMPARING IRAN AND TURKEY IN TERMS OF WOMEN RIGHTS". www.academia.edu. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  6. ^ Mayer, Ann Elizabeth (17 February 2010). "Law and Women in the Middle East". Cultural Survival. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  7. ^ Shahidian, Hammed (2002). Women in Iran: Gender politics in the Islamic republic. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-313-31476-6. women's rights have been threatened by Islamic influence in iran.
  8. ^ Charter for the Rights and Freedoms of Women in the Kurdish Regions and Diaspora. Kurdish Human Rights Project. 2004. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-900175-71-5.