In a letter by Ms. Khanim Raheem Latif, Asuda Director addressed to the Kurdistan Regional Government [KRG] Prime Minister H.E. Dr. Barham Ahmed Salih on 15 July 2010, Ms. Lateef calls upon the KRG to and the Kurdistan Parliament Chair as well as MPs and all relevant parties to intensify efforts being made to approve the draft resolution on domestic violence at the Kurdistan Parliament.

The letter underlines the importance of passing the draft law on domestic violence part of which calls for the prohibition of FGM and regard it as an illegal practice in Kurdistan.