Action at UNESCO World Heritage Committee for Hasankeyf and Iraqi Marshes

Action at UNESCO World Heritage Committee for Hasankeyf and Iraqi Marshes

Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive Press Release, 28 June 2015 Today an action has been done in front of the...

  • Environment
List Hasankeyf and The Iraqi Marshes Now! Stop Ilisu Dam from Destroying World Heritage

List Hasankeyf and The Iraqi Marshes Now! Stop Ilisu Dam from Destroying World Heritage

Statement by Save the Tigris River Campaign, on the occasion of the thirty-ninth session of the World Heritage Committee, in...

  • Environment
“Narjis’ Diary”, At a Recent Event of the Shahrazad Campaign

“Narjis’ Diary”, At a Recent Event of the Shahrazad Campaign

At a Recent Event of the Shahrazad Campaign, A Film by the Iraqi Women Journalists Forum titled “Narjis’ Diary” Exposed...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women
THE OTHER BAGHDAD

THE OTHER BAGHDAD

By Francesca Borri, Freelance Journalist (June 2015). We usually simplify Iraq, and its 35 million population, by splitting it into...

  • Iraqi Voices
UK to Adopt Hague Convention to Protect Artefacts in War Zones

UK to Adopt Hague Convention to Protect Artefacts in War Zones

Source: BBC A major international agreement designed to protect cultural property during military conflict is to be finally ratified by...

  • Heritage
The Mosul Crisis:  its Roots, Daesh’s Terrorist Practices, and their Impact on Women

The Mosul Crisis: its Roots, Daesh’s Terrorist Practices, and their Impact on Women

Suha Auda – Mosul Iraqi Women Journalists Forum, in cooperation with the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI), and Un...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women
Despite Facing Difficulties and Serious Risk, Iraqi Women Journalists Achieve Victories

Despite Facing Difficulties and Serious Risk, Iraqi Women Journalists Achieve Victories

The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) June, 2015   While the international community continues to see Iraqi women merely...

  • Freedom of Expression
We Stand Together With Iraqi Civil Society Activists!

We Stand Together With Iraqi Civil Society Activists!

For more than 12 years of invasion, war, occupation and as yet unsuccessful attempts to rebuild the Iraqi nation –...

  • Press Release
The Erbil strategy meeting and the way forward for the Save the Tigris campaign

The Erbil strategy meeting and the way forward for the Save the Tigris campaign

By Toon Bijnens, Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign/ICSSI Report of the Save the Tigris Campaign Strategy Meeting (Extract)....

  • Environment
Iraq: Curbs Put War’s Displaced at Risk

Iraq: Curbs Put War’s Displaced at Risk

Restrictions Based on Area of Origin Prevent Safe Entry for Many Human Rights Watch – Beirut Iraqi authorities are preventing...

  • Civil Society News
Significant Growth in the Phenomenon of Domestic Violence in Iraq: 90% of Victims are Women!

Significant Growth in the Phenomenon of Domestic Violence in Iraq: 90% of Victims are Women!

Shafaq News Female judges confirmed significant growth in the phenomenon of domestic violence in the country, and pointed out that...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women
Probing Daesh’s sex Atrocities with the United Nations

Probing Daesh’s sex Atrocities with the United Nations

Middle East Eye speaks with Zainab Bangura, the UN envoy on sexual violence in conflict, about the latest Daash crimes...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women