by admin | Aug 2, 2019 | UK Featured, UK News
Thousands of children from the religious minorities of northern Iraq were captured by ISIS in 2014. Since the military defeat of the group in the past year, some of these children have returned. They have been left traumatised by their experiences but face a host of...
by admin | Feb 18, 2019 | UK Featured, UK News
AMAR’s work with Yazidi women and girls has featured in one of the UK’s leading newspapers, the Daily Mail. Journalist Lena Corner travelled to Iraqi Kurdistan to visit the IDP camps where AMAR works. She talked to some of the women there about how their lives have...
by admin | Dec 4, 2015 | UK News
Medical facilities in the newly liberated Iraqi town of Sinjar are virtually non-existent and urgent action is needed to rectify the situation. This is the view of an AMAR Emergency Assessment Team which visited the town today and was shocked by what they found. The...
by admin | Dec 2, 2015 | UK News
AMAR’s Escaping Darkness appeal to raise money to help treat women mentally traumatised by ISIS kidnap and sexual abuse has received an incredible boost. A supporter, who wants to be known only as John G, has donated $70,000 which means we have now reached more than a...
by admin | Nov 25, 2015 | UK News
The United Nations’ International Day to End Violence Against Women has drawn the world’s attention to the plight of women and girls in conflict and post conflict zones. Our teams across the Middle East have reported many times on how gender-based inequalities are...