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 [...]
Source: Al-Monitor Date: 7 May, 2021 Pandemic leads to increase in child labor in Iraq Young girls sell narcissus at the traffic lights. Boys push carts with fruit or ice blocks, serve tea, help unload trucks and run errands for shopkeepers. Child labor is already part of daily life in Iraq, but since the [...]
How mobile messaging apps became essential to SEED’s psychosocial support services SEED Foundation, like many others, has had to adapt how we provide our psychosocial support services due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There have been some challenges along the way and we’ve learned some important lessons. At SEED, we put good [...]
The Power of Music SEED has an exciting new initiative for its psychosocial support (PSS) activities focused on nonverbal communication with Sounds of Change (SoC). SEED spoke with Lucas and Hashem from SoC about the project. After playing music professionally for 15 years, Lucas Dols wanted to use music not just [...]
What is Psychosocial Support at SEED Foundation? The three primary objectives of SEED's Psychosocial Support Services (PSS) services are to strengthen emotional wellbeing, social wellbeing, and skills and knowledge, with the result being more resilient individuals. At SEED, we understand that these three areas are tied together in most cases and [...]