kurdish women in iraq settng themselves on fire

[kai]

Anecdotal evidence from medical sources and women's activists indicate that on average a woman a day tries to kill herself in the Kurdistan region. Most of them do so because of family problems.

it seems the little talked about Kurdish region of Iraq has a bad undercurrent running through it for women

 

[Somkid]

I think there is a good chance that I would rather die than live the way they do.

 

[kai]

women do get a raw deal in most of the world it seems.

 

[McBell]

Just goes to show that Eve should have feared death.