As Summer Approaches and Ilisu Dam Goes Into Operation, Iraq’s Water Crisis Intensifies
“Significant quantities of water will continue to flow to Iraq,” the ambassador of Turkey to Iraq, Fatih Yildiz, tried to...
Thematic Issues
The Reality of Freedom of Press and Expression in the Kurdistan Region in 2018 So Far
World Press Freedom Day – 3rd May , 2018 The Media Working Group of the Kurdistan Social Forum conducted a...
Iraq: Women and Children with Perceived ties to Daesh Denied Aid, Sexually Exploited and Trapped in Camps
Amnesty International April 2018 Iraqi women and children with perceived ties to the armed group “Daesh”, are being denied humanitarian...
Years of Civil Society Protest Bring Change to Iraq
By the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative – May 18, 2019. Forming a government, following the recent parliamentary elections in...
Mosul, an Archeological Treasure, Comes Back to Life in a Festival of Dance and Remembrance
Translated by the Secretariat of Iraqi Civil Society Initiative Sputnik Just outside the southern Iraqi city of Mosul, women of...
Activists Bring to Life the Spirit of al-Mutanabbi Street in their Own Cities: Mutanabbi Starts Here
Youth from cities all over Iraq came together in solidarity to commemorate what was lost in the terrible...
New Report addresses pollution of the Tigris River in Baghdad
Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign A new report has been published by Save the Tigris and Iraqi...
Women Committee Established For the Labor Unions of the Kurdistan Region
Kurdistan United Workers Union (KUWU) has formally established a women’s committee, with an office in the building of KUWU Erbil....
Iraqi Water Activists Bond in the Marshlands While on a North-South Exchange
A unique North-South exchange between Iraqi and Kurdish water activists took place in the framework of Save the Tigris Campaign...
Kahramana Week for Women Across Baghdad
From 21-28 March Baghdad was the location for a week full of women’s rights campaigning, organized by Kahramana, the Women’s...
Facing Eviction, Merchants Decry Turkey Dam Project
Diego Cupolo, Deutsche Welle, 10 April 2018 Merut Tekin comes from a long line of merchants in southeast Turkey. From...
Post-ISIS Iraq: Challenges and Opportunities for a New Political Order
By Kawa Hassan – Eastwest On January 18, the EastWest Institute and the Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient...