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Updated profiles for 18 governorate of  Iraq

Updated profiles for 18 governorate of Iraq

The Joint Analysis Unit (JAU), prepared 18 governorate profiles for Iraq presenting key socio-economic indicators including education, poverty, food security,...

  • Civil Society News
Preserving the Abu Ghraib Culture: The Harrowing Abuse of Iraqi Women

Preserving the Abu Ghraib Culture: The Harrowing Abuse of Iraqi Women

By Ramzy Baroud Foreign Policy Journal “When they first put the electricity on me, I gasped; my body went rigid...

  • Human Rights
Health professionals give notice to authorities until the end of February to achieve their demands and threatening with “flood ravaging Iraq”!

Health professionals give notice to authorities until the end of February to achieve their demands and threatening with “flood ravaging Iraq”!

02/10/2014 Al-Mada Press/ Baghdad Dozens of representatives of the trade unions with health professions, threatened on Monday with”a flood and...

  • Social and Economic Rights
Overcoming water shortage remains one of Iraq’s major challenges

Overcoming water shortage remains one of Iraq’s major challenges

UNESCO Iraq launches new report to manage drought in Iraq, November 2013 The United Nations’ Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization...

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Ghosts of Baghdad

Ghosts of Baghdad

America’s Army of Contractors Hasn’t Gone Anywhere. They Just Work for The Iraqi Government Dan Lamothe: January 23, 2014, ForeignPolicy.com The Pentagon...

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Iraq – Workers Demand Fair Laws Now!

Iraq – Workers Demand Fair Laws Now!

06.02.2014 – IndustriALL Unions in Iraq, with the IndustriALL–affiliated Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions (IFOU) at the forefront; continue to...

  • Social and Economic Rights
Oil unions press for legislation as demands unmet

Oil unions press for legislation as demands unmet

Iraq Oil Report by ALI ABU IRAQ AND BEN LANDO Wednesday, January 29th, 2014 BASRA – Unions representing the oil...

  • Social and Economic Rights
Iraqi Marshes, Second Step Towards The World Heritage!

Iraqi Marshes, Second Step Towards The World Heritage!

February  2014 ,Baghdad, Iraq The international coalition of the “Save the Tigris and the Iraqi Marshes Campaign” welcomes the achievement...

  • Environment
Campaign to Abolish Retirement Pay for Members of Parliament Scores a Major Victory!

Campaign to Abolish Retirement Pay for Members of Parliament Scores a Major Victory!

The Campaign to Abolish Retirement Pay for Members of Parliament Scores a Major Victory and Takes a Step to Form...

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Sunni refugees from Anbar sheltered by shiites in Karbala

Sunni refugees from Anbar sheltered by shiites in Karbala

Niqash | Abbas Sarhan | Karbala The fighting between locals and the Iraqi army in Anbar is driving families from...

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Delegation of the Iraqi Social Forum ‎participate in international forums

Delegation of the Iraqi Social Forum ‎participate in international forums

A delegation of members of the preparation committee of the Iraqi Social Forum, participated in the meetings of the Follow-up...

  • Iraqi Social Forum (ISF)
Basra invites British back for security role

Basra invites British back for security role

03 Jan 2014 – The Telegraph   Six years after the last British troops left amid a barrage of bombs and...

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