Nature Based Solutions to Big Dams Can Help the Mesopotamian Region and the World
Bonn, Germany – 11 November 2017 During a session of the COP23 on “Managing water scarcity for agriculture”, the Save...
Thematic Issues
Yazidis in Iraq: ‘The genocide is ongoing’
Al Jazeera by Samira Shackle 7 November 2017 Khanke camp, northern Iraq – Wahda cannot sleep. During the day, she and her husband...
The Media’s Role in Electing Women Candidates and Increasing Voter Turnout
By ICSSI Secretariat – November 2017 On 23 October in Baghdad, IWJF held a seminar on the role of...
Urgent Call Upon the Iraqi Authorities in Baghdad and Kurdistan to Investigate The Killing of The Journalist Arkan Sharif
02 November 2017 We urgently call upon the Iraqi authorities both in Baghdad and Kurdistan to investigate the killing of...
Destruction Accelerates in Hasankeyf and Tigris Basin
++ Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive +++ Hasankeyf Matters +++ Destruction Accelerates in Hasankeyf and the Tigris Basin 30 Oct...
Success Stories in Nonviolence from Iraqi Youth
A youth panel on non-violence, organized by the Iraqi Social Forum and the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative Baghdad –...
Trade Unions and Civil Society Organizations Reconfirm Their Rejection of the Social Security Law
Iraqi trade unions reiterated their opposition to the draft social security law approved by the Iraqi Council of Ministers earlier...
Women are Critical Peacebuilding Actors: Implementing UNSCR-1325 in Iraq
More than 3 years ago, in February 2014, the Government of Iraq launched its National Action Plan on UN Securitiy...
The Mashufna Cultural Center Opens in Nasiriya: a New Resource for Civil Society
The inscription in 2016 of the Marshlands into the UNESCO World Heritage List was an important milestone for Iraq, which...
Reviewing the Draft Law on Freedom of Expression in Iraq
The Iraqi parliament is currently working on a freedom of expression draft law. This legislation contains several articles which civil...
International Peace Day Celebrated Across Iraq
Each year on the International Day of Peace, 21 September, the UN invites people across the world to take part...
Iraq’s Kurds Need to Put Democracy Before Independence
The Washington Post, The Post’s View – Opinion Editorial Board, 6 October 2017 The leaders of Iraq’s Kurdistan region are...