2022-02-24
Anti-Corruption Toolkit for Civic ActivistsCivil society and the international community have played an important role in exposing and advocating against public corruption, which often goes unpunished. In order to support these indigenous efforts, the...
Advocacy, Anti-Corruption, Civil Society
How to, Learning, Tools and templates
English
2022-01-27
Iraq’s Drought Crisis and the Damaging Effects on CommunitiesIraq has been identified as the fifth most vulnerable country globally to decreased water and food availability, extreme temperatures, and associated health problems. While the drought has already had immediate...
Economic Development, Evaluation, Human Rights
Research
English
2021-12-24
Sexual and Gender Based-Violence in Iraq 2003-2018: A Mapping ReportOver the course of many years of conflict, violence and political instability, Iraqi women who faced SGBV were excluded from post-conflict efforts aimed at dealing with past human rights violations....
Gender, Human Rights, Women
Research
English
2021-12-24
Challenging Narratives of ‘Fate and Divine Will’ Access to Justice for Gender-Based Violence in IraqThis study draws on data collected from 34 interviews to examine access to justice for gender-based violence (GBV) in the family and criminal law systems of federal Iraq. It finds...
Gender, Human Rights, Justice and Security, Women
Report, Research
English
2021-11-22
Towards Durable Solutions to DisplacementWhile some of the barriers to the sustainable return and reintegration of IDPs relate to humanitarian needs, a major impediment is a lack of social acceptance of returnees. Individuals and...
Conflict, Extremism, Human Rights, State Building
Report, Research
English
2021-10-18
Ninewa Plains and Western Ninewa: Barriers to Return and Community ResilienceThis report is a meta-analysis of the vast literature on Ninewa IDPs and the barriers to their return. It covers important analytical and contextual gaps with firsthand research to inform...
Report
English
2021-08-30
Legal Framework For Gender-Based Violence in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq 2021The GBV Legal Framework provides an analysis and overview of the primary laws in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq that provide legally binding protections against GBV for survivors...
Gender, Justice and Security, Women
Analysis
English
2021-08-22
State Building in Iraq: Addressing the Structural and Functional Gaps in the Governing System, With Reference to the ConstitutionThis report attempts to: (a) Identify the key structural and functional gaps or weaknesses in the governing system in Iraq that have arisen from inadequate implementation of the Constitution; (b)...
Governance, State Building
Report
English
2021-06-27
The Corona Pandemic: A Challenge or an Opportunity for Civil Society Organizations and Freedom of Expression in Iraq and the Kurdistan RegionThis report assesses the work conditions of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the pandemic's impact on freedom of expression in Iraq and the Kurdistan...
Civil Society, Human Rights, Media
Report
English
2021-06-20
Working Conditions In Iraqi Governorates Liberated From Isis A Study Of Anbar, Diyala, Kirkuk, Ninawa And Salah Al-Deen GovernoratesThe following study examines current working conditions in five Iraqi governorates that suffered occupation by the militant group known as ISIS. It uses a purposive sample of construction workers in...
Conflict, Human Rights, Inclusivity
Research
English