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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
Iraq Financial Crisis Prompts Emergency Action

Iraq Financial Crisis Prompts Emergency Action

By: BEN VEN HEUVELEN / Iraq Oil Report Iraq is pursuing a series of emergency measures to finance its 2015 budget, following...

  • Civil Society News
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
Join Iraqi activists at the World Social Forum! (Tunis, 24-28 March 2015)

Join Iraqi activists at the World Social Forum! (Tunis, 24-28 March 2015)

In 2015, four years after the Arab spring, the World Social Forum (WSF) will gather again in Tunis, from March...

  • Civil Society News
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
Solidarity with the Iraqi Social Forum from Bangladesh

Solidarity with the Iraqi Social Forum from Bangladesh

by Quazi Baby  Quazi Baby is Executive Director of the Participatory Development Action Program, which she founded in 1996 to...

  • Iraqi Social Forum (ISF)
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
Stuck Between Extremist Rocks and Militias’ Hard Place, Iraqis on Frontlines’ All Spies and Traitors’

Stuck Between Extremist Rocks and Militias’ Hard Place, Iraqis on Frontlines’ All Spies and Traitors’

niqash | Mustafa Habib | Baghdad  There are daily battles between pro-government forces in Iraq and the extremist Islamic State...

  • Civil Society News
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
The Iraqi Coalition for Freedom of Expression Participates in Parliamentary Hearing

The Iraqi Coalition for Freedom of Expression Participates in Parliamentary Hearing

Baghdad – Iraqi Woman Journalist’s Forum The Iraqi Coalition for Freedom of Expression participated, along with a group of media...

  • Freedom of Expression