Cracking down on the human trafficking of women in Iraq A special police unit in Baghdad is dedicated to bringing the perpetrators of human trafficking to justice.The trafficking of young women for prostitution is a problem across the world.But in Iraq, it has reached such proportions that a special police unit in Baghdad is [...]
Restoring A Sense of Safety for Returnees in Ninewa SEED Trains over 50 NGO staff on Protection and Gender-Based Violence To date, almost 5 million Iraqis, formerly displaced by ISIS, have returned home. And while once many lived in communities that enjoyed relative safety, years of exposure to conflict and long-term displacement has resulted [...]
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 [...]
NGO urges Kurdish authorities to adopt ‘robust’ response to violence against women ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Region needs a “more inclusive and robust law” to tackle the alarming increase in femicides, an NGO advocating for women’s rights urged Kurdish authorities on Monday, commending their recent work towards amending the current domestic violence law. [...]
Social awareness essential for reducing violence against women: Interior Minister ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Kurdistan Region Minister of Interior Rebar Ahmad stressed that social awareness is essential for reducing violence against women and building healthy family relationships. A meeting was held in the Kurdistan Parliament on Monday to amend the Act of Combating Domestic Violence [...]
Kurdish NGO urges Iraqi Kurdistan to adopt a robust law to protect women from domestic violence HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— A women-led SEED Foundation, a local non-governmental organization NGO, reportedly based in Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan region, called on lawmakers in the Kurdish region to adopt a robust law to protect women from domestic violence. Read [...]
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 [...]
New community garden at the SEED trauma centre, Bardarash camp Our community garden at the SEED Foundation trauma centre in Bardarash camp is finished! And the garden is already being used. Isn’t it wonderful to see the children singing? It is literally music to our ears. Read more
NGOs call for urgent implementation of Yezidi Survivors Law ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Coalition for Just Reparations (C4JR), an alliance of Iraqi non-governmental organizations (NGOs), called on the international community to appeal for the implementation of Iraq's Yezidi Survivors Law during a meeting with the UN's Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Alice Wairimu [...]
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 personnel [...]