Thematic Issues


Protect Birds: Be the Solution to Plastic Pollution!” World Migratory Bird Day

Protect Birds: Be the Solution to Plastic Pollution!” World Migratory Bird Day

Laith Al-Obeidy The Diwaniya Social Forum for Environment and Peace, in cooperation with Humat Dijlah Association, celebrated World Migratory Bird...

  • Environment
Council for Social Cohesion in Sulaimania Addresses Medical Waste Problem in the City

Council for Social Cohesion in Sulaimania Addresses Medical Waste Problem in the City

In the past months the Social Cohesion Council in the city of Sulaimania has established itself as a valuable civil...

  • Environment
Iraqi Trade Unions Call for Resisting the Plunder of the Public Company for Leather Industries

Iraqi Trade Unions Call for Resisting the Plunder of the Public Company for Leather Industries

18 May 2019 Statement from the Federation of Workers’ Councils and Trade Unions in Iraq: Workers in the Public Company for...

  • Social and Economic Rights
The False Promises of Hydropower: How dams fail to deliver the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals

The False Promises of Hydropower: How dams fail to deliver the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals

The False Promises of Hydropower: How dams fail to deliver the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals...

  • Environment
It‘s Not too Late to Save Hasankeyf and Tigris River! No Filling of the Ilisu Dam Reservoir!

It‘s Not too Late to Save Hasankeyf and Tigris River! No Filling of the Ilisu Dam Reservoir!

+++ International Urgent Call to Turkish Government and International Public +++ It‘s not too late to Save Hasankeyf and Tigris...

  • Environment
Peaceful Coexistence in The First Kokamila Peace Festival in The City of Karamlis

Peaceful Coexistence in The First Kokamila Peace Festival in The City of Karamlis

Under the slogan “You are the branches of the vine”, Bridge To.. (UPP) organized its project to build bridges between...

  • Minorities and IDPs
1 May Celebrates Iraqi Workers

1 May Celebrates Iraqi Workers

On 1 May, Iraq witnessed massive public celebrations of workers: the employed and unemployed, men and women, the disadvantaged and...

  • Social and Economic Rights
Iraq ferry sinking: ‘Nearly 100 dead’ in Tigris river

Iraq ferry sinking: ‘Nearly 100 dead’ in Tigris river

Almost 100 people are reported to have died after a ferry sank in the Tigris river in Iraq’s city of...

  • Peacebuilding
Standing in Solidarity with the Victims of the Mosul Ferry

Standing in Solidarity with the Victims of the Mosul Ferry

Every year, Iraqis celebrate their national, religious and cultural heritage with events and festivities to mark Norouz and Mother’s Day....

  • Peacebuilding
Global Days of Action for Iraq’s Waterways

Global Days of Action for Iraq’s Waterways

On 14 March of  every year, millions of people around the world raise their voices to highlight those struggling to...

  • Environment
In Their Third Year, Kahramana Path Shines Demanding the Freedom of Running for Women

In Their Third Year, Kahramana Path Shines Demanding the Freedom of Running for Women

Women have never stood still waiting to get their basic rights. One of those rights is the freedom of running...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women
Does the Memorandum of Understanding in water management between Turkey and Iraq guarantee Iraq its water rights?

Does the Memorandum of Understanding in water management between Turkey and Iraq guarantee Iraq its water rights?

Preliminary reading of the memorandum of understanding signed with initials between Iraq and Turkey in the field of water 2019,...

  • Environment