Trade Unions and Workers’ Rights in the Time of COVID-19
On the occasion of May Day, or International Workers Day, when people around the world celebrate the accomplishments of the...
Thematic Issues
Covid-19 and Climate Change – In an Online Seminar by Humat Dijlah
The global impact of the Covid-19 lockdowns is prompting those concerned with environmentalism to discuss the post-pandemic world. Climate change...
“Sports Against Violence” Organizes a Webinar to Discuss Women’s Sports in Iraq
Supporting and encouraging women’s sports is about far more than promoting the importance of physical activity, it also includes cultural...
Protests Begin Again in Southern Iraq as the Government Prepares to Count and Honor Victims of the Demonstrations
New Arab Baghdad – Bara Al-Shammari 18 May 2020 As tensions rise between nonviolent Al-Kazemis and the Iraqi security forces...
Girls and Women Caught Between Domestic Violence and Lockdown
The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) continues its live webinars: this time with a particular focus on women, in...
Security Forces in Iraqi Kurdistan Detain 8 Journalists in Duhok Covering Protest; Charge 4
The Committee to Protect Journalists CPJ New York, May 18, 2020 — The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the...
Solidarity in Times of Covid-19: Read the Report of the Mesopotamian Water Forum Virtual Assembly
From 16-17 May 2020 the Virtual Assembly of the Mesopotamian Water Forum took place online, an initiative of Save the...
Will Passing the Domestic Violence Law Reduce Violence Against Women?
Dialogue on violence against women The She Revolution group held a webinar on 3 May 2020 entitled “A Dialogue on...
Iraq’s New Government Must Deliver on Promises to End Impunity for Deaths and Human Rights Violations of the Protesters
The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) has supported the non-violent protesters who have been demonstrating since October 1, 2019...
The First Virtual Assembly for Water in Iraq 2020, an Early Step Towards the Second Mesopotamia Water Forum
After the remarkable success of the Mesopotamia Water Forum, which was held last year in 2019 in the city of...
Threats to Journalists and a Free Press Rise in Iraq
Freedom of the press and freedom of expression are facing serious threats in Iraq, according to a new report of...
Walking Arts and the Musical Ensemble Mshakht Connect People During the Pandemic
Associazione Ya Basta For the past 30 years, moving freely around Iraq has been particularly difficult, as in all countries...