COMMUNISTS marked the 70th anniversary of the Kurdistan Women’s League yesterday, blaming Iraqi Kurdistan’s government for a sharp rise in femicide in the region.

The establishment of the women’s section of the Kurdistan Communist Party-Iraq was hailed as a major step in the struggle to transform a predominantly patriarchal society.

In Slemani, the party paid tribute to “all the brave women who have struggled in the past” against injustice and inequality.