Asuda starts the first stage of awareness sessions for women on women's rights and access to legal mechanisms. The first round of sessiona targeted women in IDPs communities in Bakrajo suburb, Arbat and Said Sadiq subdistricts in Sulaymaniyah.  

The dissemination of Human Rights Watch report on 16 June 2010 on FGM and the reactions by activists and NGOs to the report initiated a controversy about the issue. Also, in the last couple of days and on 6 July 2010, the Association of Islamic Clerics in Kurdistan issued a “Fatwa” on FGM in which parents [or guardians] of girls were given the choice of conducting FGM to their girls.

Sulaymaniyah, Asuda staff received training on the use of social media and web techniques in a training course in Asuda's Office in Sulaymaniyah from 30 June to 2 July 2010. The training was conducted in the framework of the partnership between Asuda and Bridging the Divide as well as exchange of experience amongst the BTD partners.

On 31 May 2010, a delegation from the Swedish Social Democratic Party headed by Ms. Mona Sahlin , Party Chair accompanied by Mr. Urban Ahlin, Deputy Chair of Committee on Foreign Affairs, Ms. Ann Linde, International Secretary, Mr. Oscar Stenstrom, Foreign Policy Adviser and Mr. Claes Nordmark, Communications Officer and Mr. Shorish Qadir visited Asuda Office in Sulaymaniyah.