Iraqi female activists launch women's magazine in Ninevah Plains
Woman of Ninevah, a magazine that aims to give voice to women in the region, was launched on March 8, on International Women's Day.
ERBIL, Iraq — A religiously diverse group of women from Iraq’s Ninevah Plains launched a women's magazine called Women of Ninevah on March 8, International Women's Day, to give a voice to women's issues in the region.
The Ninevah Plains and Mosul endured the worst of the fighting with the Islamic State (IS), which killed and enslaved thousands — particularly minorities and women — in the ethnically and religiously diverse area.
Much of Iraq is currently engulfed in anti-government protests against corruption, sectarianism and lack of employment opportunities. The Ninevah Plains and Mosul, however, are quiet. Many residents fear a crackdown by militias of the pro-Iran Popular Mobilization Units that control much of the area if they join the protest movement.
Some female activists and journalists from the area want to address women’s issues with the new magazine that would show women as they are — not as IS saw them.
