LIVE STREAM IRAQ SOCIAL FORUM برنامج البث المباشر – المنتدى الاجتماعي العراقي – THIRD DAY 28TH SEPTEMBER 2013 YOUTH AGAINST SEXUAL HARASSMENT- TENT Qushal -ISF Campaigns tenets – Tent of Youth against sexual harassment – campaign -Iraqi social forum the 3rd day 28th of September 2013 القشلة ، خيمة شباب ضد التحرش YOUTH AND THEIR […]
Dhaka activists stands in solidarity with the Iraqi Social Forum
On 17 September at 11:00 a.m. Participatory Development Action Program (PDAP)arranged a rally to show the solidarity with Iraqi Social Forum. Near about 60 participants (including men, women, girls and boys) joined at the rally with holding a banner where there was written “Another Iraq is possible with Peace, Human rights and Social justice”. During […]
Iraqi youth interpreters and translators, assert that: another Iraq is possible!
For the first time in Iraq a training session to train Iraqi youth volunteer on interpretation techniques. Within the accelerated preparations for the Iraqi Social Forum ISF which will be held in Baghdad, nineteenth volunteers (boys & girls) completed training in interpretation techniques. The Preparatory Committee of the Iraqi Social Forum in cooperation with the […]
Iraqi Labour Unions send a Letter to the International Labour Organization (ILO)
Karen Curtis International Labour Organization August 14, 2013 Dear Ms. Curtis, The unions in Iraq have been advocating actively for the passage of a new labour law and trade union law since 2004, with technical support from the international labour movement. Today, the 1987 Saddam Hussein-era labour laws remain in effect and are actively enforced. […]
Press Release: Include Ilisu dam on the Meeting Agenda with Turkish Opposition Leader
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Include Ilisu dam on the Meeting Agenda with Turkish Opposition Leader Suleimaniya, Kurdistan-Iraq-August 20th, 2013 Next week Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu is set to visit Baghdad. As the leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), the Turkish main opposition party, Mr. Kılıçdaroğlu is one of the most influential politicians in the Turkish opposition. His […]
Italy – August 10, 2013 The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) announces its support and solidarity with the National Campaign to Abolish Monthly Benefits for Former Members of the Council of Representatives, which is being promoted by Iraqi civil society leaders and organizations. The ICSSI supports the Campaign members’ right to protest and their […]
No for “D’Hondt” method, the vote’s robber!
Sunday, 21/07/2013 Argument is continuing over the law of the next House of Representatives’ elections, where only a few months separate us from holding it, the House of Representatives is demanded to resolve the matter through unison with the decision of the Federal Court, to begin to proceed in the actual preparation for it, and […]
Baghdad hosts the first Iraqi Social Forum and does not surrender to violence
ICSSI, 1st of August 2013 When they started preparations, local organizers of the Iraqi Social forum (ISF) were hoping to gather more than five thousand activists, between Iraqis and internationals (read the call for internationals) in the center of Baghdad. Their vision was to bring back, through this event, the image of civic peace and […]
International Call for Participants – Deadline 15th of August
Iraqi Social Forum 2013 – International Call for Participants Another Iraq is Possible! With Peace, Human Rights and Social Justice! Dear Friends We invite you to attend and seek your support for the first Iraqi Social Forum [ISF] to be held on September 26-28, 2013 in Baghdad, Iraq . Active international solidarity is the […]
WHEN SPORT SUPPORTS THE FIGHT FOR PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
For years now, any news about Iraq spread on media have been only talking about bombs, terrorism and war. In one word, about violence. What we don’t have to forget is that Iraq is not only this. There is a civil society that continue to live and fight for a better future. We want to […]
The Iraqi Social Forum youth created hope and revived voluntary work in Baghdad
An activity associated with the Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative (ICSSI) – Iraqi Social Forum news – Baghdad, July 2013 Once again the Iraqi youth wouldn’t slander to depression but join to be part of that candle light which lit hope to resist endless violence and political games. They are the brave soldiers in war whom […]
Press Release: Open Letter on the submission of the Central Marshes to the World Heritage Committee To: The Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, The Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, and through him to all relevant government representatives and members of the Iraqi Parliament, The Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq Osama Nejaifi, and through […]