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8 May 2018
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Um Qassem, a survivor from behind hospital doors © UNFPA Iraq

A survivor from behind hospital doors

Um Qassem had been working as a midwife in Anbar province in Iraq since 2003 when the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) swept across large parts of her country in mid-2014, turning her and... Read more

26 April 2018
Press Release
UNFPA & Australia are working together towards ensuring a safe environment for women and girls in Iraq. © UNFPA Iraq

Australia commits to three more years of support to UNFPA interventions in Iraq

26 April 2018; Erbil, Iraq - The Government of Australia has committed to providing UNFPA Iraq with an allocation of AUD 12 million over three years. The timely allocation will support the emergency... Read more

24 April 2018
Press Release
© 2016/UNFPA Iraq Photo

Survivors of sexual violence must be protected and supported by the legal system in Iraq

With funding from RDPP, UNICEF and UNFPA will work closely with the Kurdistan Regional Government and other partners to ensure service providers and... Read more

16 April 2018
Press Release
© 2018/UNFPA Iraq Photo

Canada commits to four more years of support to UNFPA in Iraq

The Government of Canada has announced a four-year contribution of CAD 5 million to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Iraq.

6 April 2018
News

Integrating Sport for Development and Peace in Iraq

On the occasion of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, UNFPA reiterates the right to access and participate in sport, which has... Read more

12 March 2018
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Workshop on Enhancing the Support for Women and Children Affected by the Conflict

Workshop on Enhancing Support for Women and Children Affected by the Conflict in Iraq

On 12 March 2018, the Governor of Duhok and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Iraq organized a workshop on “Enhancing the Support for Women and Children Affected by the Conflict”. The... Read more

9 March 2018
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The first women shelter in Baghdad. © UNFPA Iraq/Salwa Moussa

Giving women a second chance; inauguration of the first shelter for GBV survivors in Baghdad

Women and girls are among the first to make sacrifices during humanitarian crises. This was no exception in Iraq where sexual violence was used as a... Read more

8 March 2018
Statement

IWD 2018: Protecting reproductive rights of rural women: a pathway to a more equal world

UNFPA Executive Director Dr Natalia Kanem International Women’s Day, 8 March 2018

8 March 2018
News

Knitting lives back together

Haneen Ali* from Mosul was 19 years old when the conflict forced her and her family to flee their home. Alongside her parents, she walked through mine-planted fields to find safety in the Debaga camp... Read more

6 March 2018
Statement
the Government of Iraq and the Humanitarian Community launched on 6 March their 2018 plans for Iraq - © UNAMI

Joint launch of humanitarian plans for Iraq in 2018

Baghdad; Iraq. 06 March 2018 – On 6 March, the Government of Iraq, as well as the United Nations and its partners, launched their 2018 plans for Iraq – the Plan for Relief, Shelter and Stabilization... Read more

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