Environment

Civil Society Comes Together in Baghdad to Discuss Climate Justice: An Insight into the ICSSI and Humat Dijlah Conference

In recent years, Iraq and the wider Mesopotamian region have experienced an acute escalation of climate-related challenges, including drought, desertification, water scarcity, pollution, and ecosystem degradation. Iraq is now widely recognized as one of the countries most affected by climate change globally. These impacts threaten not only the environment, but also livelihoods, public health, food […]

December 23, 2025

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Marriage Without Safeguards: The Consequences of Iraq’s Personal Status Code

Marriage Without Safeguards: The Consequences of Iraq’s Personal Status Code

Published in: Human Rights Watch – February 24, 2026 Wrote by Sarah Sanbar Iraq Researcher, Middle East and North Africa...

  • Women Rights
ICSSI Echoes the Call by Humat Dijla & the PIHN Campaign

ICSSI Echoes the Call by Humat Dijla & the PIHN Campaign

In light of the recent alarming developments, the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) fully supports and echoes the statements...

  • Environment
ICSSI Statement on the Assassination of Yanar Mohammed

ICSSI Statement on the Assassination of Yanar Mohammed

ICSSI is devastated by the killing of Yanar Mohammed, President and co-founder of the Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq...

  • Women Rights
From sympathy to feminist solidarity with Palestinian women facing genocide

From sympathy to feminist solidarity with Palestinian women facing genocide

Ashjan Ajour This article was published in the International Feminist Journal of Politics, Volume 27, Issue 1 (2025). Available here...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women
Iraq: Six years since Tishreen protests, activists persecuted and freedom of expression in peril

Iraq: Six years since Tishreen protests, activists persecuted and freedom of expression in peril

This article was published on the official website of Amnesty International on 1 October 2025.The original text in English can...

  • Freedom of Expression
Holistic Security Manual for Women Human Rights Defenders in Iraq

Holistic Security Manual for Women Human Rights Defenders in Iraq

Civil society organisations, activists and women human rights defenders have jointly developed this Holistic Security Manual as a practical resource...

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