The IRC's Ropak Shaban shares the story of Fatima, 19, who went into labor at a mosque in Dohuk. She fled her home in Mosul after the city was attacked by militants. She was afraid the local government would send her back to her village if she went to a hospital or clinic.
More than half a million Iraqis have been uprooted by the violence of Islamic State militants since early June. The International Rescue Committee is providing clean water, medicine, protection services and emergency financial assistance to those who have fled to the northern Kurdistan region and across the Syrian border.
