C4JR Media Statement on Implementation of the Yezidi Survivors' Law August marked the seventh anniversary of the 2014 Yezidi genocide. SEED, as a member of the Coalition for Just Reparations (C4JR), urges the Iraqi government to adopt strong regulations to begin implementing the Yezidi Survivors’ Law, a major step forward in advancing the rights [...]
SEED's President, Sherri Kraham Talabany, participated in IOM's workshop on the implementation of the Yezidi Survivors' Law SEED's President, Sherri Kraham Talabany, participated in IOM Iraq's workshop on June 20 about the implementation of the Yezidi Survivors' Law. She urged representatives from the Government of Iraq and Kurdistan Regional Government to focus on the [...]
Sexual Violence in Conflict - High Council of Women's Affairs event in Lalesh SEED was honored to join the High Council of Women's Affairs in Lalesh to speak about the importance of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, a day dedicated to raising awareness of the urgency [...]
Source: Watchlist Date: March 29, 2021 Bridging the Gap: Bringing the Response to Children Formerly Associated with ISIL in Iraq in Line with International Child Protection Standards SEED Foundation was pleased to be among the local and national organizations interviewed by Watchlist for this report. The reintegration of children associated with armed forces and groups [...]
Source: Al-Monitor Date: March 16, 2021 SEED President Kraham Talabany Discusses the Challenges Facing Survivors of ISIS with Al-Monitor SEED Foundation President and Executive Director, Sherri Kraham Talabany, spoke with Al-Monitor’s Amberin Zaman during a podcast posted on March 16, 2021, about SEED’s work with survivors of ISIS and the challenges that they [...]
Tanya Gilly Khailany Speaks to Rudawy Emro On The Passing Of The Yezidi Survivors’ Bill Into Law SEED's Co-Founder and Vice President, Tanya Gilly Khailany, joined Bestoon Khalid on a recent segment of Rudawy Emro to discuss passing of the new Yezidi Survivors' Law. Gilly Khailany addresses the groundbreaking nature of this new [...]
Supporting the Recovery and Reintegration of Former Child Soldiers While the Government of Iraq and the UN continue to collaborate through the Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM) Country Task Force on the development of an action plan to prevent recruitment and support reintegration of children associated with armed forces and groups [...]
Survivors of ISIS captivity and violence face many barriers to their reintegration and recovery. SEED works to strengthen protections and services and advocates for survivors’ rights. Supporting the Reintegration and Recovery of Female Survivors of ISIS in Kurdistan, Iraq Over 6,000 Yezidi women and children were taken by ISIS in 2014. [...]
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 [...]
Children Born of War Iraq is not alone…. Conflict has a devastating effect on civilians, including increasing the vulnerability of women and girls to sexual violence. Iraq, like countries the world over, struggles with the consequences of protracted armed conflict, and fails to adequately respond to the needs of survivors. Rape and other forms [...]