Kurdistan Women's League
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Kurdistan Women's League is a women's organization in Iraqi Kurdistan
, tied to the Kurdistan Communist Party
. Nahla Hussain al-Shaly
, the leader of the organisation, was murdered in 2008.
Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan or Kurdistan Region is an autonomous region of Iraq. It borders Iran to the east, Turkey to the north, Syria to the west and the rest of Iraq to the south. The regional capital is Arbil, known in Kurdish as Hewlêr...
, tied to the Kurdistan Communist Party
Kurdistan Communist Party
The Kurdistan Communist Party/Iraq is a Kurdish political party, formed in 1993 when the Iraqi Communist Party branch in the Kurdish areas was formed into a separate party. The party is led by Kamal Shakir....
. Nahla Hussain al-Shaly
Nahla Hussain al-Shaly
Nahla Hussain al-Shaly was a promoter of women's rights in Iraqi Kurdistan, and the leader of the Kurdistan Women's League, the women's wing of the Kurdistan Communist Party. On December 18, 2008, she was shot and decapitated after gunmen stormed her home in Kirkuk. Hussain, a married mother of...
, the leader of the organisation, was murdered in 2008.