Category: Reports

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“His gaze was intrusive; it pierced my soul”: On the Struggles of Divorced Women in Navigating Courts and Governmental Institutions 

Mothers are forfeiting their rights in a bid to regain their freedom, only to find themselves and their children met with sexism, obstruction, and exploitation — on Suha, Suhair, Aseel, and Shahd’s encounters with governmental institutions and courts.

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“She Brought a Fatwa from Khamenei and Al-Azhar, But It Went Nowhere”: The Struggles of Trans People in the Iraqi Health Sector 

Trans people experience structural violence in Iraq’s health sector, from what is taught in universities to the practices of doctors in hospitals. Most college professors ignore trans issues, and only incite hatred towards trans people if they discuss them at all.. the struggles of trans people in the Iraqi health sector – from its halls of power to its policies.

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‏Iraqi prisoners blackmailed to pay to obtain release papers after completing their sentence

In this report, we document the cases of six current or former detainees who remained in jail even though they had completed their sentences, allegedly because the process of releasing them was time consuming.
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The Baha’is in Iraq: From closures of places of worship to negotiations over the constitution

As long as the Baha’is do not harbour any political ambitions that threaten one of the regime’s parties, in relation to the values of their religion, they are accepted as a factional component that has no voice or influence. Their religion prohibits its followers from engaging in politics. Their acceptance ultimately serves the notion of the Iraqi mosaic that is used by many parties electorally and publicly.
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“Officials mediate livestock slaughtering”: Hemorrhagic Fever, a clan of viruses threatening animals and humans 

Dhi Qar is facing a vicious insect that transmits the hemorrhagic fever virus, but it has only a few doctors and veterinary teams to combat it. Thus, a deadly disease is spreading among sheep breeders, butchers, cooks, and consumers of meat, threatening the governorate with a lockdown. The story of how officials are mediating in relation to suspected infected animals and what the disease does to animals and humans.

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Women farmers between the Tigris and Euphrates: We cultivate, but drought defeats us 

Shifaa, Sondos and Zahida, three women farmers whose lives are changing due to the worsening drought that overwhelms them, and their arduous labour under the sun all day does not yield enough income for their survival. The story of women farmers between the Tigris and Euphrates, who work hard, but the drought ruins all their efforts

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Excluded citizens: The life of Iraqi Roma between the city’s ruins and rejection by the authorities 

Since 2003, the Iraqi Roma have been facing the toughest experience of displacement of their entire demographic group, migrating across the country. Their citizenship is an “exception”, their daily life is a struggle, and the authorities do not survey them or help them to survive. How are the Roma trying to rid themselves of the “representations of inferiority” and the “social stigma” that have been haunting them for centuries?

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University security: Disciplinary guards harassing students 

When I interviewed students of both genders from different Iraqi universities regarding university security guards and their behaviour, they agreed that harassment is increasing but not discussed because some senior university officials tacitly back it.

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Yazidis of Sinjar cultivate their lands but with no prospect of harvest 

Khairu Eidou Elias keenly follows the mechanical reaper as it reaps the barley, despite knowing that the harvest will be meagre. He and Issa Bari attempt to revive lands destroyed by drought and war. The story of the transformation of Sinjar’s agriculture.

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“There is little water left”: Tribes of Al-Muthanna fight over groundwater 

Water scarcity in Al-Muthanna has forced the residents to cultivate the desert by exploiting groundwater, but the story of the search for water is broader with countless twists and turns. This is the story of the underground “secret” in Al-Muthanna that may soon vanish.