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Hit Responds to the Coronavirus Pandemic

Hit Responds to the Coronavirus Pandemic

The Shaqofian Organization for Development and Culture held a virtual seminar entitled ‘Reality in the City of Hit in the...

  • Local Forums
Trade Unions and Workers’ Rights in the Time of COVID-19

Trade Unions and Workers’ Rights in the Time of COVID-19

On the occasion of May Day, or International Workers Day, when people around the world celebrate the accomplishments of the...

  • Kurdistan Social Forum (KSF)
Kurdistan environmental Groups and Organizations, in a Consultative Meeting, to Discuss Local Challenges and Prepare for the Water Forum

Kurdistan environmental Groups and Organizations, in a Consultative Meeting, to Discuss Local Challenges and Prepare for the Water Forum

To prepare for the Virtual Assembly of the Mesopotamian Water Forum, a local assembly for the Kurdistan Region of Iraq...

  • Save the Tigris and Marshes
Covid-19 and Climate Change – In an Online Seminar by Humat Dijlah

Covid-19 and Climate Change – In an Online Seminar by Humat Dijlah

The global impact of the Covid-19 lockdowns is prompting those concerned with environmentalism to discuss the post-pandemic world. Climate change...

  • Climate Change
“Sports Against Violence” Organizes a Webinar to Discuss Women’s Sports in Iraq

“Sports Against Violence” Organizes a Webinar to Discuss Women’s Sports in Iraq

Supporting and encouraging women’s sports is about far more than promoting the importance of physical activity, it also includes cultural...

  • Sports Against Violence
Protests Begin Again in Southern Iraq as the Government Prepares to Count and Honor Victims of the Demonstrations

Protests Begin Again in Southern Iraq as the Government Prepares to Count and Honor Victims of the Demonstrations

New Arab Baghdad – Bara Al-Shammari 18 May 2020 As tensions rise between nonviolent Al-Kazemis and the Iraqi security forces...

  • Nonviolence
Girls and Women Caught Between Domestic Violence and Lockdown

Girls and Women Caught Between Domestic Violence and Lockdown

The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) continues its live webinars: this time with a particular focus on women, in...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women
Security Forces in Iraqi Kurdistan Detain 8 Journalists in Duhok Covering Protest; Charge 4

Security Forces in Iraqi Kurdistan Detain 8 Journalists in Duhok Covering Protest; Charge 4

The Committee to Protect Journalists CPJ New York, May 18, 2020 — The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the...

  • Freedom of Expression
Solidarity in Times of Covid-19: Read the Report of the Mesopotamian Water Forum Virtual Assembly

Solidarity in Times of Covid-19: Read the Report of the Mesopotamian Water Forum Virtual Assembly

From 16-17 May 2020 the Virtual Assembly of the Mesopotamian Water Forum took place online, an initiative of Save the...

  • Environment
Will Passing the Domestic Violence Law Reduce Violence Against Women?

Will Passing the Domestic Violence Law Reduce Violence Against Women?

Dialogue on violence against women The She Revolution group held a webinar on 3 May 2020 entitled “A Dialogue on...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women
Iraq’s New Government Must Deliver on Promises to End Impunity for Deaths and Human Rights Violations of the Protesters

Iraq’s New Government Must Deliver on Promises to End Impunity for Deaths and Human Rights Violations of the Protesters

The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) has supported the non-violent protesters who have been demonstrating since October 1, 2019...

  • Nonviolence
The First Virtual Assembly for Water in Iraq 2020, an Early Step Towards the Second Mesopotamia Water Forum

The First Virtual Assembly for Water in Iraq 2020, an Early Step Towards the Second Mesopotamia Water Forum

After the remarkable success of the Mesopotamia Water Forum, which was held last year in 2019 in the city of...

  • Environment