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“Protecting and Empowering Survivors of Gender-Based Violence in Kurdistan Region of Iraq” SEED Foundation’s new program in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Arman Fatah2021-04-19T13:53:30+00:00December 10th, 2020|News|

Like in the rest of Iraq, gender inequality and gender-based violence (GBV) are pervasive in the Kurdistan Region (KRI). There are efforts by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to face the problem of GBV, including a strong law addressing domestic violence and a law enforcement department called the Department of Combating Violence Against Women and [...]

UNFPA’s ‘Reporting on Gender-Based Violence During Public Health Crises’ Now Available in Kurdish

Arman Fatah2020-11-26T09:33:45+00:00November 26th, 2020|In the Media, News|

Reporting on gender-based violence, especially during crises such as #COVID-19, is a difficult and sensitive task. When ethical reporting standards are not followed, it can place the lives of survivors at risk. @UNFPAIraq’s guidelines provide journalists with key steps to follow when communicating these difficult stories. SEED has worked with UNFPA to make these [...]

COVID-19 PSS Training for Community Coordinators and Mobilizers

Arman Fatah2020-11-25T06:04:41+00:00October 15th, 2020|News|

As SEED’s community coordinators and mobilizers logged on one by one to the video call and greeted each other, there was both excitement and curiosity for the first remote psychosocial support (PSS) training for staff since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). This was the start of a two-day training in [...]

SEED Launches a MHPSS Standard of Care Tailored for the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Arman Fatah2020-10-31T16:26:47+00:00October 11th, 2020|In The Media - Homepage, News|

To promote improved services to some of the most vulnerable and violence-affected people in the world, SEED Foundation worked with a broad range of stakeholders to develop a Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Standard of Care Model, tailor made for the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). Delivering high quality services to meet the [...]

Adapting to MHPSS Service Delivery during COVID 19

Arman Fatah2020-08-25T21:39:26+00:00August 5th, 2020|Covid19, News|

It has been well documented that COVID-19 measures of social isolation and movement restrictions can impact and exacerbate pre-existing symptoms, especially for those with mental health needs or at risk of gender based violence (GBV). Preventative health measures limit access to in-person support and coping activities that our clients often rely on to deal with [...]

Importance of Managing Stress and Well-being during COVID-19

Arman Fatah2020-11-22T13:13:31+00:00August 5th, 2020|Covid19, MHPSS SoC page, News|

The subject of mental health, stress, and wellbeing are often regarded as taboo in Kurdish culture. With the COVID-19 restriction measures, periods of lockdown that Kurdistan has endured since March, and increased economic hardship, it has become increasingly important to take care of our mental health. In addition to adapting to remote, by phone or [...]

SEED Delivers PPE to KRG TIP Police for COVID-19

Arman Fatah2020-08-25T21:39:06+00:00August 5th, 2020|Covid19, News|

As COVID19 measures came into force in early March 2020, SEED Foundation staff provided much-needed gloves and masks and other supplies to police officers at Erbil’s Directorate of Human Trafficking Trafficking in Persons (TIP) police unit in Erbil, the Kurdistan Region - as the KRG’s key law enforcement unit and only designated body in Iraq [...]

Dr. Mirza, A Voice for the Voiceless

Arman Fatah2020-08-03T14:49:19+00:00August 3rd, 2020|News|

Dr. Mirza Dinnayi was awarded the Aurora Prize in October for his work as a Yezidi activist and for rescuing more than 1,5000 victims of terrors and rehabilitating hundreds of women and girls used by ISIS as sex slaves. He spoke with SEED to explain why he chose us as one of the three organizations [...]

Legacy of Terror – The Plight of Yezidi Child Survivors of ISIS

Arman Fatah2020-12-25T00:45:14+00:00July 30th, 2020|Children Affected by Violence, In the Media, In The Media - Homepage, News, Reintegration|

Source: Amnesty International / Date: July 2020 Amnesty International has released a report on the plight of child survivors of ISIS in Iraq, which documents the psychological, physical, and other forms of trauma that the children are suffering from even today, as well as the work of SEED Foundation and other organizations working to help [...]

Stress Workshop at University Underscores Need for Support for Youth

Arman Fatah2020-04-21T15:23:35+00:00April 21st, 2020|News|

Stress Workshop at University Underscores Need for Support for Youth January 13, 2020 SEED Foundation visited students at the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr (UKH) to discuss the importance of stress management, especially during exam periods. The two hour workshop was given by SEED’s Mental Health Technical Advisor, Anne Lepelaars, a trained psychologist from the Netherlands, [...]