SEED Girls Program Launches To Support Adolescent Girls in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Adolescence is the developmental stage between childhood and adulthood, during which girls experience significant physical, intellectual, and emotional changes. These natural changes can often increase their stress and anxiety, compounded by pressure from social norms and more household responsibility. This [...]
Access to Client-Centered Services Critical to Supporting Survivors of Trafficking Tara*, 52, came to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) from South Asia in 2018, having been recruited for a well-paid domestic worker position. Upon arrival, her employment agency failed to obtain her residency (iqama), instead moving her to several locations in the KRI and [...]
SEED Launches GBV and Referral Training Program for Police Officers from Sulaimani's 104 Emergency Police Unit To combat gender based violence, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) passed the 2011 Family Law which criminalizes domestic violence. The law provided for the creation of the Department of Combating Violence Against Women and Families (DCVAW), which to respond [...]
SEED and DCVAW sign MOU to enhance cooperation on countering GBV in the Kurdistan Region SEED Foundation Vice President Tanya Gilly Khailany and Director General of the Kurdistan Region’s Directorate of Combating Violence against Women and Families (DCVAW) Kurda Omar signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Erbil on July 27 to enhance their organizations’ [...]
Legal Framework of Laws and Protections for Survivors and Those at Risk of GBV The GBV Legal Framework provides an analysis and overview of the primary laws in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq that provide legally binding protections against GBV for survivors and those at risk. SEED created [...]
#StopDomesticViolence Domestic violence - or violence in the home - is a type of gender-based violence (GBV) and is endemic across the Kurdistan Region and in Iraq. It is largely perpetrated against women and girls due to inherent power structures and gender inequality. Although the Kurdistan Region has legal protections [...]
SEED Launches New Human Trafficking Response Training and Capacity Building Program for Kurdistan Region Authorities SEED Foundation launched a training and capacity building program for combating human trafficking on June 6 for officials from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). This program is generously supported by the United States government. Particpants come from [...]
SEED's President, Sherri Kraham Talabany, participated in IOM's workshop on the implementation of the Yezidi Survivors' Law SEED's President, Sherri Kraham Talabany, participated in IOM Iraq's workshop on June 20 about the implementation of the Yezidi Survivors' Law. She urged representatives from the Government of Iraq and Kurdistan Regional Government to focus on the [...]
Sexual Violence in Conflict - High Council of Women's Affairs event in Lalesh SEED was honored to join the High Council of Women's Affairs in Lalesh to speak about the importance of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, a day dedicated to raising awareness of the urgency [...]
SEED Foundation and Salahaddin University Sign MOU to Enhance University’s Social Work Program SEED Foundation President and Executive Director Sherri Kraham Talabany and Salahaddin University President Jawhar Fattah Saeed signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) at Salahaddin University in Erbil on June 9 to implement the program ‘Protecting and [...]