From Aid Cut to Collective Action : What’s Next for Civic Space in Iraq?
Baghdad, July 18, 2025 – At a pivotal moment for Iraq’s civil society, over sixty participants – activists, researchers, and...
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Reaching Out for the Iraqi Youth to be Political Leaders and Decision-Makers.
Sasa is a civil society and a political organization. As an officially registered NGO, it is specialized in the political...
STARTING OVER FROM SOLIDARITY
Final Declaration of ICSSI 2022 Conference Sulaymaniyah, 11th-16th March 2022 Introduction ICSSI held its 11th international conference in Sulaymaniyah from...
Officially, ICSSI’s Conference 2022: Starting Over from Solidarity!
The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative is happy to invite you to participate in its 11th International Conference Starting Over from Solidarity, which...
Anniversary of the ICSSI Baghdad Conference of 2019
ICSSI Strategic Review Process: Listening to the Voices of our Partners. Today, two years ago, the 28th of January 2019,...
Freedom of Expression and the Work of Civil Society Organizations During COVID-19 with a Focus on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Access to accurate information, a free press, and freedom of expression are vital to democracy and the health of civil...
Kurdistan Iraq: What is Solidarity in the Time of the Coronavirus Epidemic?
Freedom of Expression and Civil Society During COVID-19. The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) continues its live webinars: this...
Building Solidarity with Migrants, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in the Time of the Coronavirus
With one of the world’s largest populations of migrants, refugees, and internally displaced persons (IDPs), many of whom live in...
Building Solidarity Among Teachers and Students in the Time of COVID-19
No nation will enjoy security, democracy, and human rights if it fails in educating its next generation to assume informed...
Economic and Political Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Beyond the unprecedented challenges to their healthcare systems, nations also face extraordinary economic and political impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic....
Containment and Prevention of COVID-19: Building Global Solidarity
In response to the extraordinary circumstances humanity is confronting, the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI), in collaboration with the...
Iraqi civil society in the last 10 years: Development, mobilization, and influence
Ismaeel Dawood Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative Conference Baghdad, 31 January 2019 Before I begin my presentation on the development...