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<!--:en-->Baghdad Marathon update<!--:-->

Baghdad Marathon update

The Baghdad Marathon project was born 4 years ago from an Italian Runners group that think that Sports can have...

  • Sports Against Violence
<!--:en-->Motion proposed to Iraqi parliament<!--:-->

Motion proposed to Iraqi parliament

The Civil Peace Initiative in Iraq submitted to the Committee of Civil Society Organizations in the Iraqi Council of Representatives(ICR)...

  • Nonviolence
<!--:en-->Support for the Iraqi campaign to repeal the new journalists’ law<!--:-->

Support for the Iraqi campaign to repeal the new journalists’ law

Iraq’s Journalist Protection Law, approved in August 2011 by the Iraqi Parliament which was facing  international pressure to reform its...

  • Freedom of Expression
<!--:en-->Statement from the Baghdad People’s Summit: “People’s Issues! Not Rulers’ Issues”<!--:-->

Statement from the Baghdad People’s Summit: “People’s Issues! Not Rulers’ Issues”

Statement from the Baghdad People’s Summit “People’s Issues! Not Rulers’ Issues” A large and varied group of Iraqi civil society...

  • Iraqi Voices
<!--:en-->Campaign for Children’s Health in Iraq<!--:-->

Campaign for Children’s Health in Iraq

The Campaign for Children’s Health in Iraq emerged from the Third Annual conference of The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative...

  • Peacebuilding
<!--:en-->Map of Archaeological and World Heritage Sites in Iraq (Feb 2012)<!--:-->

Map of Archaeological and World Heritage Sites in Iraq (Feb 2012)

The Interagency Information and Analysis Unit of the United Nations has published a new map of the archaeological and World...

  • Civil Society News
<!--:en-->Launch of petition to save World Heritage in Mesopotamia threatened by the Ilisu Dam on the Tigris River<!--:--><!--:ar-->حملة ادخال الاهوار العراقية ضمن الموروث العاملي لليونيسكو<!--:-->

Launch of petition to save World Heritage in Mesopotamia threatened by the Ilisu Dam on the Tigris Riverحملة ادخال الاهوار العراقية ضمن الموروث العاملي لليونيسكو

Launch of petition to save World Heritage in Mesopotamia threatened by the Ilisu Dam on the Tigris River Today a...

  • Civil Society News
<!--:en-->“Summit of peoples, not summit of Rulers” – Statement from Tammuz<!--:-->

“Summit of peoples, not summit of Rulers” – Statement from Tammuz

 “Summit of peoples, not summit of Rulers”   There are preparations are made for doing the Arabic summit in Baghdad...

  • Iraqi Voices
<!--:en-->Plundering the Past: Scholarly Treasures<!--:-->

Plundering the Past: Scholarly Treasures

Plundering the Past: Scholarly Treasures “Not a year has passed without hunger in Iraq,” wrote the great Iraqi poet al-Sayyab...

  • Civil Society News
<!--:en-->Iraqi Civil Society Activists Bring Their Vision to Washington, D.C.<!--:-->

Iraqi Civil Society Activists Bring Their Vision to Washington, D.C.

Iraqi Civil Society Activists Bring Their Vision to Washington, D.C. Four exceptional human and women’s rights, youth and nonviolence activists...

  • Civil Society News
<!--:en-->An education in occupation<!--:-->

An education in occupation

An education in occupation As the last American soldiers left Iraq in December, so, too, did many of the journalists...

  • Civil Society News
<!--:en-->WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR IRAQ?<!--:-->

WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR IRAQ?

WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR IRAQ?   The mainstream, international press is now focused on the Shi’a Prime Minister,...

  • Civil Society News