Social media and peace building workshop

Social media and peace building workshop

The Hit Peace Forum held its first training workshop this year. The workshop focused on the role of social media...

  • Social Cohesion
The Turkish city of Hasankeyf will welcome its tourists under water

The Turkish city of Hasankeyf will welcome its tourists under water

Hasankeyf is located in southeast Turkey, on the banks of the Tigris River in a predominantly Kurdish area. At 12,000...

  • Environment
Iraqi Civil Society Activists Deeply Concerned About a Law Giving Clerics Seats on the Federal Supreme Court

Iraqi Civil Society Activists Deeply Concerned About a Law Giving Clerics Seats on the Federal Supreme Court

Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative, The Iraqi Social Forum Baghdad, 20 June 2019 Recent attempts by several members of the...

  • Press Release
New Report to the World Heritage Committee: International Action Needed to Halt Dams and Save Marshes

New Report to the World Heritage Committee: International Action Needed to Halt Dams and Save Marshes

A new report compiled by Save the Tigris member Rivers without Boundaries and World Heritage Watch, a draft of which...

  • Environment
Save the Tigris Invites Members, Followers, and Supporters to Join the “Big Jump” for Hasankeyf

Save the Tigris Invites Members, Followers, and Supporters to Join the “Big Jump” for Hasankeyf

In just a few short weeks, on the 14th of July 2019, the community-led campaign Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive will host...

  • Environment
A Celebration of Tihlaya for Ramadan on International Cultural Diversity Day

A Celebration of Tihlaya for Ramadan on International Cultural Diversity Day

21May is the International Day of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development. It is an occasion to promote different cultures...

  • Iraqi Social Forum (ISF)
Save the Tigris Taking Part in the 43th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Baku

Save the Tigris Taking Part in the 43th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Baku

From June 30 – July 10 the 43rd Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) will take place in...

  • Environment
Nonviolence Activists Organize a National Nonviolence Movement

Nonviolence Activists Organize a National Nonviolence Movement

The Nonviolence and Peace Building Masar (path) held a consultative meeting for activists in order to re-establish a national system for promoting...

  • Nonviolence
Alamarah Council for Social Cohesion Takes up the Issue of Workers’ Rights

Alamarah Council for Social Cohesion Takes up the Issue of Workers’ Rights

On 18 May, the Alamarah Council for Social Cohesion held an open discussion session organized by the Iraqi Social Forums’s...

  • Social and Economic Rights
A Successful Campaign Training in Nasiriyah

A Successful Campaign Training in Nasiriyah

From 18 – 19 March, the Information Center for Research and Development worked with the Mashhofna Cultural Center to organize...

  • Environment
Children of Daesh Survivors Have Rights Too: A Campaign to Amend the Yazidi Survivors Law

Children of Daesh Survivors Have Rights Too: A Campaign to Amend the Yazidi Survivors Law

The Minorities and Displaced People masar (path) joins the national campaign to support the adoption of the Yazidi Survivors Law....

  • Minorities and IDPs
Iraqi Law and its Impact on Women

Iraqi Law and its Impact on Women

On International Women’s Day, the Information Center for Research and Development held a discussion seminar on the impact of laws...

  • Iraqi Social Forum (ISF)