Thematic Issues

Iraq’s New Government Must Deliver on Promises to End Impunity for Deaths and Human Rights Violations of the Protesters

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...

  • Nonviolence
The First Virtual Assembly for Water in Iraq 2020, an Early Step Towards the Second Mesopotamia Water Forum

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...

  • Environment
Threats to Journalists and a Free Press Rise in Iraq

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...

  • Freedom of Expression
Walking Arts and the Musical Ensemble Mshakht Connect People During the Pandemic

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...

  • Arts of Peace
Freedom of Expression and the Work of Civil Society Organizations During COVID-19 with a Focus on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

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...

  • Freedom of Expression
Workers’ Rights and Freedom of Syndicates During COVID-19

Workers’ Rights and Freedom of Syndicates During COVID-19

The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) continues its live webinars: this time with a particular focus on Iraqi Kurdistan,...

  • Kurdistan Social Forum (KSF)
On Earth Day, a new report tracks the reality and challenges of the environment in Iraq

On Earth Day, a new report tracks the reality and challenges of the environment in Iraq

On the occasion of World Earth Day, which occurred on April 22, the Information Center for Research and Development issued...

  • Environment
Iraq: An Exhausted Healthcare Sector Needs a Brighter Horizon

Iraq: An Exhausted Healthcare Sector Needs a Brighter Horizon

On World Health Day World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on 7 April, under...

  • Thematic Issues
Kurdistan Iraq: What is Solidarity in the Time of the Coronavirus Epidemic?

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...

  • Civil Society News
The Foresight and Vision of the Shakofyan Development and Cultural Organization

The Foresight and Vision of the Shakofyan Development and Cultural Organization

The emerging COVID-!9 crisis in Anbar province: impacts and responses The announcement by the World Health Organization on 11 March...

  • Civil Society News
A Wave of Violence Against Women in Iraq

A Wave of Violence Against Women in Iraq

Baghdad – NAS Manar Ezz Al-Din Once again, the Domestic Violence Law has returned to forefront of public debate following...

  • Thematic Issues
Social and Political Role of Girls and Woman in the Time of the Coronavirus Pandemic.

Social and Political Role of Girls and Woman in the Time of the Coronavirus Pandemic.

The She Revolution group held its first webinar on 6 April, entitled “The Social and Political Role of Girls and...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women