Many international and global organizations were established for human rights generally and women's rights particularly, yet Middle East women, including Kurdish women, are still suffering and are deprived of their vital rights. According to Martin Giles, writing for The Economist, "by some estimates self burning has claimed the lives of as many as 10,000 women, including girls as young as 13, since the region gained autonomy in 1991 ". Some refer to the Reason as arranged marriage, violence, and deprivation of their vital right. There is a debate about that the society and the KRG are responsible for what happens to women. KRG have not done enough to support the basic human rights of females in Kurdistan because Kurdish women still endure traditional child marriage, acts of violence, lack of services, and gender inequality.
It has been asserted that the KRG parliament forbade child or forced marriage as courts do not engage girls under the age of 18 or without their agreement. Many laws, so this argument goes, were established to prevent early marriage and penalize whoever is not obeying. It is further claimed that only religious men marry girls under the age of eighteen illegally. However, many girls are still victims despite the laws and penalties against early marriage because of the lack of education among people. In addition, the government is responsible for the absence of education and knowledge of women rights in mostly rural places where early marriage is common as they only focus on distributing their services in urban places. Furthermore, the unawareness of the authorities of what happens to girls in an uneducated society stimulates people to oppress females more. Indeed, as Aras Ahmad, writing for Kurdistan Tribune, illustrates, Dunia, the 15 years old girl who was forced to get married twice, become a controversy only after she was murdered by her husband who was 40 years old.
