Thematic Issues


Iraq … A Country in the Throes of Transformation and State Building

Iraq … A Country in the Throes of Transformation and State Building

Oday Hatem Nearly 12 years after the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, which was supposed to bring about a transition...

  • Civil Society News
Iraq: Bodyguards of the National Security Advisor Attack A Group of Journalists

Iraq: Bodyguards of the National Security Advisor Attack A Group of Journalists

Source: Gulf Center for Human Rights On 18 February 2015, a group of journalists was attacked by the bodyguards of...

  • Freedom of Expression
Women Are the Best Weapon in the War Against Terrorism

Women Are the Best Weapon in the War Against Terrorism

Foreign policy Fifteen years ago, the U.N. enshrined the idea that equality between men and women is inextricably linked with...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women
General Company for Ports Announces the Injury of Umm Qasr Port Paralyzed due to the Petrochemicals Staff Sit-in

General Company for Ports Announces the Injury of Umm Qasr Port Paralyzed due to the Petrochemicals Staff Sit-in

AlSumaria– Basrah General Company for Ports, which is based in the province of Basra announced, injuring the largest and most...

  • Social and Economic Rights
Ilisu Dam construction site militarized!

Ilisu Dam construction site militarized!

Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive Batman/Turkey Press Release – 16.02.2015 Ilisu Dam construction site militarized With the continuation of the...

  • Environment
Three Yazidis Women Escape from Daesh, and Tell Their Stories to Rudaw

Three Yazidis Women Escape from Daesh, and Tell Their Stories to Rudaw

Ahmed Mahmood – Rudaw Mosul Three Yazidi sisters managed to escape from the grip “Daesh” in Mosul, and after a...

  • Minorities and IDPs
The Iraqi Coalition for Freedom of Expression in Solidarity with the Sudanese Journalist Madiha Abdullah

The Iraqi Coalition for Freedom of Expression in Solidarity with the Sudanese Journalist Madiha Abdullah

Baghdad – Feb 10th, 2015 The Iraqi Coalition for Freedom of Expression is demanding that Sudanese authorities halt the prosecution...

  • Freedom of Expression
European Union: Expansion of Violence against Women in Iraq, Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Women Trafficking!

European Union: Expansion of Violence against Women in Iraq, Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Women Trafficking!

Shafaq News  The European Union congratulated Iraq on Thursday on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the adoption of...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women
Will the “Shahrazad” Campaign Succeed in Mobilizing Public Opinion Against Underage Marriage and Sexual Harassment in Iraq?

Will the “Shahrazad” Campaign Succeed in Mobilizing Public Opinion Against Underage Marriage and Sexual Harassment in Iraq?

The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative February 2015   Efforts to build the “Shahrazad Campaign” began in April 2014, but...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women
The Situation of Iraqi Women Facing Both State Repression and the Brutality of Daaesh

The Situation of Iraqi Women Facing Both State Repression and the Brutality of Daaesh

Yanar Mohammed President of the Organization of Women’s Freedom  Paper Prepared for ICSSI Conference Oslo – Norway, October 2014 Currently,...

  • Iraqi Voices
The Sinjar Massacre: Yazidis Take Revenge Against Extremists’ Collaborators

The Sinjar Massacre: Yazidis Take Revenge Against Extremists’ Collaborators

niqash | Khales Joumah | Mosul  As extremists from the Islamic State group are slowly driven out of northern Iraq,...

  • Minorities and IDPs
Statement Regarding the Crises Experienced by Iraq and the Impact on Iraqi Workers and Their Future

Statement Regarding the Crises Experienced by Iraq and the Impact on Iraqi Workers and Their Future

To all Iraqi people—to our struggling workers: Since its inception after April 2003, our association has worked hard to build...

  • Social and Economic Rights