In Nasriyah, A Workshop on the Use of “Arts Against Violence” and the Birth of Mashufna Team
August 2016 In Nasiriyah, during the 5th and 6th of August, twenty two young people (Including five girls) gathered to...
Thematic Issues
The Invisible Force: A New Report Released by The International Institute for Nonviolent Action – NOVACT
Source: NOVACT The International Institute for Nonviolent Action – NOVACT, is pleased to introduce our new report “The Invisible Force”, a comparative...
“Forgotten Voices” A new Report about Minority Women in Iraq
Source: Masarat Iraq The new report of Masarat “Forgotten Voices : Minority Women in Iraq” focuas on the situation of...
Shahrazad Center Concludes the Second Workshop on the Protection of Women Journalists and Women Human Right Defenders (WHRDs) in Iraq
Shahrazad Center – Baghdad On the 14th of July, Shahrazad center concluded in the headquarter of the Iraqi Women Journalist...
Working Women’s Rights under the New Labor Law and the Role of Media in Education and Raising Awareness
Baghdad With the participation of women leaders of three labor unions and a numbers of media women and civil activists,...
A Great Achievement After 4 years of Campaigning: The Marshes of Iraq Inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage
Statement by the Save the Tigris and Iraqi Marshes Campaign 20 July, 2016 Congratulations to the Iraqi people and everyone...
Iraqi Marshlands named as UNESCO World Heritage Site!
UNESCO has named Iraqi marshlands as a world heritage site! The area named “is made up of seven sites: three...
Signs of Violence to Come: Iraq’s Yazidis Return Home to Face Cruel Economic Blockade
Mosul – Niqash Many of the Yazidis who were so brutalised by the extremist Daesh group have returned home – but...
London hosts academic conference on Iraq’s water resources
Concern mounts about the future of Iraq’s water resources, and in an important development Iraqi President Fouad Masoum warned about...
Mega water projects and the environmental crisis in the Iraqi Marshes: a publication by A Sud
Beyond the rhetoric of “waves” as used by the media in their narrative of migration flows to Europe lies a...
Civilians Fleeing Fallujah “Facing Double Jeopardy”
GENEVA – OHCHR UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Tuesday urged the Iraqi Government to...
Privatising Security Must not Lower Standards of Protection and Accountability – UN Rights Expert
GENEVA – OHCHR The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns, today has called...