According to data compiled by Rojnews, over the past month one woman was killed, four women died under suspicious circumstances, and two women were injured.
The report is as follows: “On January 1, in the Kelar district of the Germiyan Administration, two sisters died due to a gas leak, while another sister was injured.
On January 3, a woman whose body had been set on fire died under suspicious circumstances in Sulaymaniyah.
On January 4, in the Xase Dam in Kirkuk, the body of a woman was found wrapped in a blanket, with a concrete block tied to her foot to weigh it down to the bottom of the water.
On January 6, a woman died under suspicious circumstances in the Quştepe district of Erbil (Hewlêr).
On January 7, in Duhok, a 14-year-old girl named Înas Îsa died in a suspicious fire after allegedly being threatened by a school administrator.
On January 24, in Kirkuk, a 38-year-old woman identified as “H-Y,” a mother of three, was seriously injured after being attacked with acid by the man she was married to.
In South Kurdistan, dozens of women are killed every year due to the non-implementation of laws and the practice of seeking reconciliation through the judiciary in cases of violence against women. Last year, 51 women were killed or died under suspicious circumstances.”