Thematic Issues


UNESCO Should Address the Impacts of Upstream Dam Construction on the Ahwar of Iraq and Support Transboundary Water-Sharing Agreements

UNESCO Should Address the Impacts of Upstream Dam Construction on the Ahwar of Iraq and Support Transboundary Water-Sharing Agreements

Press Statement by Save the Tigris Campaign The following resolution submitted by Save the Tigris Campaign was adopted by the...

  • Environment
The Fallujah Social Cohesion Council Discusses the Risks and Disaster Reduction Law

The Fallujah Social Cohesion Council Discusses the Risks and Disaster Reduction Law

On 25 May 2019, the Fallujah Social Cohesion Council in cooperation with the Minorities and Displaced People masar (path) of...

  • Minorities and IDPs
Trevi return Mosul Dam to the Iraqi technicians, but this dam is effectively a construction project that never ends

Trevi return Mosul Dam to the Iraqi technicians, but this dam is effectively a construction project that never ends

By Elizabeth Ingram – Hydro ReviewContent Director Iraqi, U.S. and Italian officials have celebrated the completion of a project to shore up...

  • Environment
A Successful Dialogue Session about Fair and Just Work Practices

A Successful Dialogue Session about Fair and Just Work Practices

To mark International Labor Day, the Baghdad Social Cohesion Council held a dialogue session on 30 April 2019 to discuss...

  • Iraqi Labor Law
With a Paper and Pen, Dreams Can Come True

With a Paper and Pen, Dreams Can Come True

For the first time since its establishment, the theater group from the Arts of Peace team put on a comic...

  • Arts of Peace
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
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
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