Location: Iraq

Sunlight dapples the green leaves, washing them a translucent yellow-gold. Looking around Talal’s plant nursery, it’s hard to believe that a few short years ago, this plot of land in Mosul’s Old City was a barren dump full of war debris. People often know what they need. They need just…

You and your family run from ISIS and hide on a mountaintop. From there, you cross countries and end up living in an unfinished building far from home for six years, waiting for the conflict to subside. By the time you return home, your house has been ransacked and is…

Iraq is classified as the fifth most vulnerable country in the world to climate change, facing significant challenges with rising temperatures, less rainfall and salinity, and frequent dust storms...

Perched on a roof still under construction, Salim spends nearly as much time answering his phone as he does attaching metal sheeting to the steel frame he built earlier. His phone rings constantly, as residents of this camp for Iraqi families displaced by ISIS eight years ago, try to fit…

Iraq is composed of a rich diversity of ethno-religious groups spanning across the nation. As a majority Shi’a country, with a significant Sunni population, Iraq is also home to Kaka’i, and Christian believers, among other minority faith groups. Religion also cuts across ethnic and tribal lines, with the affiliations of…

Hundreds of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in Iraq face a shrinking space for civil society to engage in sensitive issues, increased competition for donor resources, and a lack of internal systems for NGO sustainability. As a result, the need for strategic sector coordination, improved technical capacities, and stronger networks and…

The past and current political landscape across the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) left little room for youth to express their needs. With over 60% of the KRI population under the age of 30, providing opportunities for youth to engage in local governance mechanisms is critical. Building a skilled generation…

The nascent system of governance in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) was birthed by a long struggle for autonomy and legitimacy, and has, to a large extent, been shaped by an often-herculean effort to maintain both in the face of persistent existential threat. At the center of this system…

لەم بەرنامەی توێژینەوەیەدا دەرفەت دراوە بە گەنجان و دانیشتوانی کۆیە و قەاڵدزێ کە توێژینەوەیەکی کۆکردنەوەیلەم بەرنامەی توێژینەوەیەدا دەرفەت دراوە بە گەنجان و دانیشتوانی کۆیە و قەاڵدزێ کە توێژینەوەیەکی کۆکردنەوەیزانیاریان بۆ ئەنجام بدرێت لە بواری گەنج و کێشە و گیر و گرفتەکانی پەیوەست بە بواری ڕەگەز و ڕێکارەکانی پاراستنیان، ئەمەش بە…