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Sinjar Cannot Endure More

Sinjar Cannot Endure More

As a campaign to protect human rights defenders, we stand in solidarity with all the legitimate demands and with all...

  • Human Rights
Reaching Out for the Iraqi Youth to be Political Leaders and Decision-Makers.

Reaching Out for the Iraqi Youth to be Political Leaders and Decision-Makers.

Sasa is a civil society and a political organization. As an officially registered NGO, it is  specialized in the political...

  • Democracy
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY: DISARM TURKEY, END BOMBINGS ON KURDISTAN

INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY: DISARM TURKEY, END BOMBINGS ON KURDISTAN

Together with NGOs, we campaign for peace Activist Bianca Farsetti DIRE Matera, Italy – “On 17th April, the day on...

  • End Cross-Border Bombings
Hanaa Edwar speech – in front of the United Nations Security Council

Hanaa Edwar speech – in front of the United Nations Security Council

“As a defender of human rights and an activist for many years in iraq. I worked with my colleagues tirelessly...

  • Democracy
Hope for democracy in Iraq as political violence escalates

Hope for democracy in Iraq as political violence escalates

Iraq is at a crossroads as the losers of the country’s recent elections are using violence in an attempt to...

  • Civil Society News
Officially, ICSSI’s Conference 2022: Starting Over from Solidarity!

Officially, ICSSI’s Conference 2022: Starting Over from Solidarity!

The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative is happy to invite you to participate in its 11th International Conference Starting Over from Solidarity, which...

  • Our Conferences
Floods Hit Kurdistan Region as Drought Leaves Many Iraqis in Need

Floods Hit Kurdistan Region as Drought Leaves Many Iraqis in Need

Al-Monitor Muddy torrents rushed violently through some parts of the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan and the surrounding area on Dec....

  • Civil Society News
Baghdad Acid Attack Survivor Recounts Traumatic Incident

Baghdad Acid Attack Survivor Recounts Traumatic Incident

Rudaw Maryam Rukabi, 16, dreamed of a career in media after completing her education. She did not know that refusing...

  • Civil Society News
UNHCR Holds Event Against Gender-Based Violence in Erbil

UNHCR Holds Event Against Gender-Based Violence in Erbil

K24 ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UN partner organizations, including UN WFP, SWEDO UNFPA,...

  • Women Rights
The Youth Movements and the Last Elections in Iraq: From the Square of Nasiriyah to the Iraqi Parliament

The Youth Movements and the Last Elections in Iraq: From the Square of Nasiriyah to the Iraqi Parliament

“We are entering the Green Zone and crossing the Al-Jumhuriya bridge, in memory of the martyrs of the October 2019...

  • Civil Society News
The Suffering of Kurdish Migrants Intensifies Amid a Standoff on the Poland-Belarus Border

The Suffering of Kurdish Migrants Intensifies Amid a Standoff on the Poland-Belarus Border

A rain cloud arrived in the Belarus-Poland border sky on the night of November 8, hours after hundreds of migrants...

  • Civil Society News
Iraq: Yezidi Reparations Law Progress Welcome, but More Must be Done to Assist Survivors

Iraq: Yezidi Reparations Law Progress Welcome, but More Must be Done to Assist Survivors

New regulations passed by Iraq’s parliament in September on the Yazidi Survivors Law mark long-overdue progress for many who suffered...

  • Minorities and IDPs