Rally on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in Sanandaj; "No to Femicide"

Reports indicate that, coinciding with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, November 25, a group of women and civil activists held a rally on Mount Abi in Sanandaj.

At the rally, women and civil activists held placards that read: "Don't kill women," "Killing women under any name is condemned," and "No to femicide."

According to videos posted on social media, one of the women present at the rally reported on the murder of women, including honor killings, in Kurdistan and Iran.

Coinciding with this rally on Thursday, December 24, a human rights website wrote in a report on violence against women in Iran that over the past year, 44 women and girls have been murdered in the Kurdish regions of Iran and at least 107 have committed suicide.

Hengaw, a human rights website that covers news from the Kurdish regions of Iran, reported in a report on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women that from early December last year to December this year, 44 cases of murder of women and girls in the Kurdish regions have been confirmed, most of them at the hands of "people close to them."

According to this report, among the four Kurdish provinces of Iran, the highest suicide rate, with 14 cases, was in Kermanshah province, followed by Kurdistan.

According to the report, 11 of these murders were motivated by "honor", 22 by "family disputes", two by "rejection of marriage proposals", two by "mental problems", four by "theft" and two by "financial disputes".

Source: Radio Farda