Nashwa Naeem

Born in Al-Muthanna, Iraq in 1994, Nashwa holds a BA in English. She is a human rights activist and has worked with several international and local organisations.

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Reports

They took my share. How women's inheritance rights are taken by law, religion, and tradition 

Majida unknowingly forfeited her inheritance. Umnia was accused of being secretly married so they could claim her share. Ikhlas was threatened with solitude unless she relinquished her inheritance. This is the story of women who are rightful heirs by law and religion yet deprived by tradition.
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Reports

The Children of mothers incarcerated in Iraqi prisons: No records, no education, no life 

Sajjad, Muammal, Zahra, and Ruqayya have had no formal schooling. Nor have they been issued with appropriate identification papers. They are the victims of circumstances of bad luck which placed their mothers into prison.
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Stories

“Everyone has a Right to the Kids Except their Mother”: On Women Fighting for the Custody of Their Children  

After a husband passes away, mothers can lose access to their children, if they don’t accept to live at their in-laws’ house or under their control. The stories of widows who lost -or nearly lost- access to their sons and daughters after discovering that the family, tribe, and clergy have more rights to their children than they do.