Two years after the passage of the Yezidi Survivors Law: SEED calls for the government to honor its obligations to protect and serve survivors of the ISIS conflict in Iraq Erbil, Iraq - March 1, 2023: Today, as we mark the second anniversary of the Yezidi Survivors Law (YSL), widely believed to represent a [...]
The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) signs MOU with SEED Foundation and UNFPA to Establish a Locally-Led Coordination Group to Combat Gender-Based Violence in Kurdistan Erbil, Iraq - February 21, 2023: The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA), today signed a memorandum of understanding with SEED [...]
Government of Iraq, Kurdistan Regional Government, UN, and Humanitarian Partners Launch the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence at Let’s Talk Conference UNITE! Activism to end violence against women and girls 28 November 2022; Erbil, Iraq – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)’s annual “Let’s Talk” conference this year brought together the [...]
کوردی “For Every Woman”: SEED Foundation and Metrography Pay Tribute to the Women of Kurdistan Celebrating Those Who Strive Everyday to Enrich and Build Strong Communities that Foster Equality and Growth November 25th, 2022, Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Marking the annual occasion of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence, SEED [...]
کوردی SEED Foundation and Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MoLSA) Cement Partnership to Strengthen Protective Services Available in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) Erbil, Iraq - July 4, 2022: The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Minister for Labor and Social Affairs, Kwestan Mohamad Abdulla and SEED Foundation President, Sherri Kraham Talabany, have [...]
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 [...]
Graduates Committed to Taking A Rights Centered Approach to Child Protection In 2021, SEED launched Strengthening Protection Responses to Children & Other Vulnerable Groups, a new child protection-focused training program designed to build the capacity of frontline service providers in Kurdistan and strengthen institutional responses to children in need. Nine months later, 41 [...]
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 [...]
Connecting My Head and My Heart: How IC Thinking is Helping Survivors of Violence Re-engage with the World Despite the declaration of ISIS’s defeat in Iraq in 2017, over one million1 conflict-affected women, men, and children remain in need of assistance, with some still missing, and others displaced. In 2014, ISIS targeted the already [...]
Stronger Together: Integrative Complexity (IC) Thinking Everyone is different. Different likes and dislikes, beliefs and perspectives. But these differences don’t have to be divisive; they can, in fact, foster growth, adaptability, and resilience. That’s where the IC Thinking method, and SEED Foundation’s partnership with co-founder and developer Dr. Sara Savage, comes into it. [...]