کوردی SEED and the Journalism Initiative on GBV (JiG) Launch Pocket Guide for Media Practitioners on Ethical Engagement and Reporting on Survivors of GBV September, 28 – Erbil, Iraq: Today, on World News Day, SEED Foundation and the Journalism Initiative on Gender-Based Violence (JiG), are proud to launch a [...]
Pocket Guide for Media Practitioners Harmful and stigmatizing coverage of women in the media has the potential to inform public opinion and rhetoric across vulnerable communities, normalize and/or lead to the continuation of violence, promote victim-blaming, and stigmatize survivors. Women and survivors of violence should be treated with respect, have their safety and [...]
Between Books and Street-Smarts: Ethics of Journalism in Iraq and Kurdistan The media — including newspapers, television, radio, websites, and social media, through which we are exposed to or consume information from — represents a critical and powerful sphere of influence that underpins the norms, ideas, and behaviors within society. Media practitioners therefore have [...]
English بەیاننامەی گروپی کاری بەرەنگاربوونەوەی توندوتیژی ئەلکترۆنی عێراقی لە ڕۆژی جیهانیی ئینتەرنێت بانگەشە بۆ پارێزگاریی ئۆنڵاینی پتەو و ئاشنایی ئەلکترۆنی بۆ هەمووان دەکەین هەولێر، عێراق - ٢٩/ ١٠/ ٢٠٢٣: لە ڕۆژی جیهانیی ئینتەرنێتدا، دەزگای سیید، لەگەڵ ئەندامانی گروپی کاری عێراقی بەرەنگاربوونەوەی توندوتیژی ئەلکترۆنی، پابەندبوونی خۆیان دووپات دەکەنەوە بۆ ڕیشەکێشکردنی توندوتیژی ئەلکترۆنی و دڵنیابوونەوە لە [...]
کوردی Iraq National TFGBV Task Force On World Internet Day We call for Strengthened Online Protections and Digital Literacy For All Erbil, Iraq - October 29, 2023: On the occasion of World Internet Day, SEED Foundation, together with members of the Iraq National Technology Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) Task Force, reiterate their commitment to [...]
کوردی Combating Domestic Violence in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq SEED Foundation commends the Kurdistan Parliament’s effort to amend the Act of Combating Domestic Violence in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (Law No. 8 of 2011). SEED urges the adoption of key changes, to ensure [...]
کوردی SEED Foundation Launches First Training on Technology Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) for NGOs in Iraq Erbil, Iraq - May 9, 2022: SEED Foundation (SEED) has officially completed the delivery of a comprehensive training module on Technology Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) to a group of 30 Iraqi NGOs. The first of its kind [...]
Statement Condemning Violence Against Women in Kurdistan کوردی SEED Foundation condemns all violence perpetrated against women in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), and around the world. Today, we grieve the tragic loss and critical injury of four women that have taken place in the last month across the KRI. While the recent [...]
Webinar: Promoting Healthy Families in Kurdistan A panel of experts from SEED Foundation, Promundo-US, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s High Council for Women and Development, Oxfam, and The American University of Iraq in Sulaimani’s Center for Gender and Development, explore the role of healthy families in reducing gender-based violence, promoting gender equality, and increasing protection [...]
SEED Launches GBV and Referral Training Program for Police Officers from Sulaimani's 104 Emergency Police Unit To combat gender based violence, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) passed the 2011 Family Law which criminalizes domestic violence. The law provided for the creation of the Department of Combating Violence Against Women and Families (DCVAW), which to respond [...]