The Basra water crisis and increasing salinity of the Shatt al-Arab
By Toon Bijnens Basra, Iraq Tags: Save the Tigris and Marshes Campaign, Ilisu dam , The Save the Tigris Campaign participated on 15 and 16 February in an international workshop in Basra, entitled “Basra Water Crisis, Shatt al-Arab Increasing Salinity and Measures to Control”, organized by the University of Basra in collaboration with the Province […]
Updated profiles for 18 governorate of Iraq
The Joint Analysis Unit (JAU), prepared 18 governorate profiles for Iraq presenting key socio-economic indicators including education, poverty, food security, labour force, access to essential services, security, displacement, and the MDGs. The Joint Analysis Unit (JAU), is a UN unit acts as the coordinating body for information analysis between the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) […]
Preserving the Abu Ghraib Culture: The Harrowing Abuse of Iraqi Women
By Ramzy Baroud Foreign Policy Journal “When they first put the electricity on me, I gasped; my body went rigid and the bag came off my head,” Israa Salah, a detained Iraqi woman told Human Rights Watch (HRW) in her heartrending testimony. Israa (not her real name) was arrested by US and Iraqi forces in […]
02/10/2014 Al-Mada Press/ Baghdad Dozens of representatives of the trade unions with health professions, threatened on Monday with”a flood and massive demonstrations” in case the legislative and executive authorities rejected to achieve their demands, and they gave the Ministry of Health and Parliament notice until the “end of the month” for the implementation of their […]
Overcoming water shortage remains one of Iraq’s major challenges
UNESCO Iraq launches new report to manage drought in Iraq, November 2013 The United Nations’ Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced today the launching of the Analysis Report “Integrated Drought Risk Management – National Framework for Iraq” produced by UNESCO’s Iraq Office under the Drought Risk Management (DRM) Project, a joint UN-programme funded by […]
America’s Army of Contractors Hasn’t Gone Anywhere. They Just Work for The Iraqi Government Dan Lamothe: January 23, 2014, ForeignPolicy.com The Pentagon says the last of its defense contractors left Iraq in December, just weeks before portions of the increasingly violent country were conquered al-Qaeda. There’s a catch, however: While the number of Iraq contractors on U.S. […]
Iraq – Workers Demand Fair Laws Now!
06.02.2014 – IndustriALL Unions in Iraq, with the IndustriALL–affiliated Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions (IFOU) at the forefront; continue to demand that Parliament passes fair labour & trade union legislation before their current session ends in June. Oil workers are considering further action in support of these demands. All IndustriALL affiliated trade unions in Iraq […]
Oil unions press for legislation as demands unmet
Iraq Oil Report by ALI ABU IRAQ AND BEN LANDO Wednesday, January 29th, 2014 BASRA – Unions representing the oil sector and other Iraqi workers are pressing Parliament to pass labor and union laws before their current session ends, measures that would end Saddam Hussein-era imposition on worker rights and go far toward addressing outstanding […]
Iraqi Marshes, Second Step Towards The World Heritage!
February 2014 ,Baghdad, Iraq The international coalition of the “Save the Tigris and the Iraqi Marshes Campaign” welcomes the achievement accomplished by the national Iraqi team for the nomination of the Iraqi marshes to the World Heritage Committee, according to the 1972 World Heritage Convention. The Iraqi Ministry of Environment confirmed that it had submitted […]
Campaign to Abolish Retirement Pay for Members of Parliament Scores a Major Victory!
The Campaign to Abolish Retirement Pay for Members of Parliament Scores a Major Victory and Takes a Step to Form a New Civil Movement Named “MUSTAMEROON” “We Are Continuing!” The national campaign to “abolish retirement pay for members of parliament”, which was launched in late March of 2013, met its desired goal of ending […]
Sunni refugees from Anbar sheltered by shiites in Karbala
Niqash | Abbas Sarhan | Karbala The fighting between locals and the Iraqi army in Anbar is driving families from their homes and into other parts of Iraq. And because the road north is closed by security forces, many Sunni Muslims are being forced to find shelter with their Shiite Muslim neighbours in Karbala. NIQASH […]
Delegation of the Iraqi Social Forum participate in international forums
A delegation of members of the preparation committee of the Iraqi Social Forum, participated in the meetings of the Follow-up Committee of the Mashariqi/Maghribi Social Forum, and the International Council of the WSF, from December 14 to 18, 2013 in Morocco, Casablanca. There was wide international and regional participation. Meeting of the Follow-up Committee […]