In Hit and Ramadi, Young Volunteers Work for Peaceful Coexistence and Nonviolence
By Iraqi Social Forum and ICSSI Secretariat – August 15, 2017 Now that the Upper Euphrates cities have been liberated...
Thematic Issues
Iraqi Unions Urge Parliament to Reject Social Security Bill
10.08.2017 – IndustriALL Trade unions in Iraq, including IndustriALL Global Union affiliates, are calling on the Iraqi parliament to reject...
The Social Forum in Najaf: An Open Platform for Collaborative Action
By Iraqi Social Forum and ICSSI Secretariats – August 10, 2017 Najaf | Baghdad On 14-15 July 2017, the Iraqi...
The Iraqi Government Must Listen to the Stakeholders: Repeal the Social Security Draft Law
Joint statement for immediate release The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) and the Iraqi Social Forum (ISF) Baghdad –...
A Camp by Sports Against Violence Brings Together Iraqi Youth
By Iraqi Social Forum and ICSSI Secretariats – August 3, 2017 From 18-20 July, youth gathered in Dokan, Sulaymaniya, to...
Equal Water Shares for the Peoples of Iraq and Iran – A Call for Collaboration to Preserve the Shared Rivers!
Press statement by the Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign 1 August 2017 Recently, dams have been seriously affecting...
Lessons Not Learned: Turkey’s Ilisu Dam
A report published by International Displacement Monitoring Centre, Published 18 July 2017 “Case study series dam displacement“ This series addresses...
The New Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights Faces Serious Objections from Civil Society
The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) The Iraqi Parliament voted on the selection of new board members for the...
Freedom of Expression and Access to Information: The Iraqi Women Journalists Forum Works to Promote Essential Rights
The Iraqi Women Journalists Forum (IWJF) organized a legal seminar as a part of the Shahrazad project on Saturday, 15...
Newly-Founded Kurdistan Social Forum is Offering Legal Support to Activists
In advance of its first annual event later this year the Kurdistan Social Forum (KSF), founded in September 2016, is...
Powerful Tools: Meeting Diwaniya’s Only Female Furniture Maker
Manar al-Zubaidi, NIQASH 20.07.2017 | Diwaniya In Iraq, working on furniture is typically a man’s job. But one independent woman in Diwaniya...
Meeting Iraqi Kurdistan’s Lone Water Keeper
Maaz Farhan, NIQASH, 19/07/2017 Iraqi Kurdistan could have a serious water problem by 2025, authorities say. One Sulaymaniyah man is...