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11 February 2018
Press Release
Iraq Humanitarian Community launches the Real-Time Accountability Partnership © UNHABITAT/2018

Iraq Humanitarian Community launches the Real-Time Accountability Partnership

Erbil, Iraq, 11 February 2018 – On 31st of January, the Humanitarian Community in Iraq launched the Real-Time Accountability Partnership (RTAP), a multi-agency initiative for addressing gender-based... Read more

10 February 2018
Press Release
The US$ 2 million contribution from the Government of Japan will reach 50,000 IDPs, residents, returnees and Syrian refugees in Iraq. © 2018/UNFPA Iraq

The Government of Japan renews its trust in UNFPA with a US$ 2 million contribution

Erbil, Iraq, 10 February 2018 – The Government of Japan announced a US$ 2 million contribution to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Iraq in support of the Fund’s reproductive health (RH)... Read more

8 January 2018
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As humanitarians, we have a collective responsibility to prevent and respond to sexual abuse and exploitation in Iraq.

Preventing sexual abuse and exploitation in Iraq

“As humanitarians, we have a collective responsibility to prevent and respond to sexual abuse and exploitation in Iraq,” said Jennifer Emond, a UNFPA... Read more

2 January 2018
Press Release
Thirty youth from Iraq participated in the leadership training in Amman/© Generations For Peace

Generations For Peace and UNFPA launch a new partnership in Iraq

First-ever support from UNFPA to Generations For Peace, focused on transformational leadership training for youth leaders from six cities

18 December 2017
Press Release
UNFPA Deputy Representative presenting the advocacy statement to Iraqi speaker of the House. UNFPA Photo/2017

UNFPA Advocates for Women’s Rights from the Iraqi Parliament

Baghdad, Iraq, 18 December 2017 - On Sunday 17th of December, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Iraq under the auspices of Dr. Salim Al-Juburi, Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament and in... Read more

14 December 2017
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Surviving Domestic Violence, One Day at a Time

“I was so desperate, I had lost hope; committing suicide seemed the only escape from the abuse, back then,” said Fatima*. “I didn’t know how to handle the pain, but now I do. I am strong enough to... Read more

30 November 2017
Press Release
UNFPA Representative in Iraq, Ramanathan Balaksrishnan

Kurdistan Region and the UN Launch the 16 Days of Activism Campaign

Erbil, Iraq, 30 November 2017 - On Monday 27th of November, the KRG High Council of Women Affairs in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) as a main partner, and under the... Read more

30 November 2017
Press Release
Mobile delivery unit deployed in Qaim on the 26th of November. UIMS Photo/2017

UNFPA Increases its Life-Saving Interventions in Newly Liberated Areas of West Anbar

Erbil, Iraq, 30 November 2017 – The completion of the second phase of the liberation of West Anbar towards end of October 2017 has resulted in need for humanitarian assistance for the current and... Read more

28 November 2017
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Cojine* endured years of spousal abuse in Iraq. © UNFPA Iraq

Standing Tall Like a Baobab

*name change for protection reasons ‘There are lots of setbacks in life, but what matters is standing up again’, said 33-year-old Gender-Based Violence survivor Cojine*. ‘I want to tell women that... Read more

19 November 2017
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500 women received dignity kits this week. Credits: Civil Development International/2017

UNFPA scales up response after earthquake hit Iraq

Erbil, Iraq, 19 November 2017 – In the aftermath of the powerful earthquake that struck the Iraq-Iran border last Sunday evening, the office of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Iraq... Read more

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