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Search results for keyword(s) "women"
Project Country: Iraq
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Displaying records 1-49 of 49 results
All results totalling $1,871,576
Total may include redundant amount due to supplements.



Project Title: Strengthening the Role of Women Political Participation in Wasit
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To empower women leaders and strengthen women political participation in Wasit province. The grantee will organize training workshops for 50 women, which will improve their skills to plan and carry out advocacy campaigns and undertake mobilization actions. The grantee will also organize public forums and a final conference to raise awareness about women rights in the province and to form a women-led coalition called the Women Leaders Coalition of Wasit.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Strengthening Women's Political Participation in Wasit
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To empower women's leadership and strengthen their political participation in Wasit province. The grantee will organize capacity-building workshops for local women leaders on advocacy for women's political participation. The grantee and its trainees will lead hearing sessions with local officials and stakeholders and hold a conference to present findings and recommendations for strengthening women's political participation in the province.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Strengthening Women's Rights and Leadership
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote women's rights and empower women leaders. The organization will continue to address the legal inequalities faced by women. The organization will lead training workshops, advocacy campaigns and community forums on women's rights, establish a citizen journalism unit and legal clinic, and hold a final conference to present its findings.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Strengthening Women's Political Participation in Wasit
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To strengthen women's leadership and political participation in Wasit province. The organization will help women overcome obstacles to civic and political participation in the province by working with a cadre of trainees in capacity-building workshops, holding hearing sessions, and hosting a final conference to present its findings and recommendations.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Engaging Young Women as Community Advocates
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To mobilize young women to advocate for community needs and priorities. The organization will continue to incubate and mentor a youth forum in Diwaniyah, consisting of volunteers from previous initiatives, and extend its outreach to a new group of young women to duplicate its program in two districts. It will organize five sets of training workshops, conduct four community initiatives, and convene seven community meetings.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $33,000
Project Title: Strengthening Women's Rights and Leadership
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote women's rights and empower women leaders. The organization will lead training workshops on monitoring, documentation, advocacy campaigns, lobbying, public mobilization, and international and Iraqi laws pertaining to women's rights. The organization will also conduct advocacy campaigns and community forums on women's rights, and present its findings and reform recommendations at a conference.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Strengthening Women's Political Participation
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To strengthen women's role in national legislative advocacy and to empower a new generation of women civil society leaders. The organization will produce a study along with recommendations to improve the status of women and enhance their political participation. The organization will then conduct dialogue sessions including women activists, legal experts, civil society leaders, members of parliament, and government officials to present and advocate for amendments to current laws.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Strengthening Youth Volunteerism
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To strengthen youth volunteerism in southern Iraq. The organization will hold workshops and trainings for 60 female and male activists aged 18-35. The activists will receive training on leadership skills, communication skills, and advocacy campaigns to help them launch community initiatives focused on local issues. The organization will also further integrate and empower the activities of its women's affairs unit in order to enhance its outreach in the province.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Strengthening the Role of Women in Legislative Advocacy
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To strengthen the role of women in national legislative advocacy and enable a new generation of women leaders. The project will provide leadership training for civil society advocacy, mobilize citizens through public campaigns, and encourage citizen engagement with officials. A training for women activists on legislative advocacy and civic leadership will lay the foundation for a sustained campaign to mobilize support for the adoption of a law that would protect citizens from domestic abuse.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Combatting Discrimination against Women in Media
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To protect and promote women's rights by educating media professionals on fair coverage of women's issues in the media. The organization will hold workshops for leading media figures and civil society activists on documenting and analyzing coverage of women's rights. The organization will conduct advocacy meetings with heads of media organizations to raise awareness of discriminatory coverage of women and advocate for gender-sensitive reporting.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Combatting Discrimination against Women in Media
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To protect and promote women's rights by educating media professionals on fair coverage of women's issues in the media. The organization will hold workshops for leading media figures and civil society activists on documenting and analyzing coverage of women's rights. The organization will conduct a survey on the issue and use its results to engage heads of media establishments in advocacy meetings to urge them to have less discriminatory coverage of women in their programs.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Promoting Youth Civic Engagement in Diyala
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote youth volunteerism and strengthen youth leadership and engagement in public life. The organization will develop the leadership and advocacy skills of youth. The organization will form three teams to undertake advocacy activities on women's empowerment, public policy, and volunteerism. It will also promote policy changes aimed at empowering youth and improving public services by conveying the perspectives and priorities of youth to local officials.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Engaging Young Women as Community Advocates
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To mobilize young women to advocate for community needs and priorities. The organization will continue to incubate and mentor young female participants in its Youth Forum in Diwaniyah, consisting of volunteers from previous initiatives as well as a new group of young women who will duplicate the program in two districts. The organization will promote the culture of debate by organizing two debates for youth and advocating for community needs.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $33,000
Project Title: Strengthening Women's Role in Legislative Advocacy
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To strengthen women's role in national legislative advocacy and empower a new generation of women civil society leaders. The organization will train women activists on legislative advocacy and civic leadership to lay the foundation for a sustained campaign to mobilize support for adoption of a law that would protect citizens, particularly women, from domestic abuse.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Empowering Women for Political Party Leadership
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To advance women's active engagement in political parties and develop the leadership skills of local women party activists. The program will continue to train a cadre of women activists to consolidate its long-term women's leadership training program in four local political parties, and support the trainees to lead activities to further engage the community on women's political empowerment.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Advocacy for Women's Political Participation in Iraq
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Political Processes
Description: To advance women's political participation in national decision-making institutions in Iraq. The grantee will lead an advocacy campaign to call for women's representation in the constitutionally mandated body relating to the media. It will also prepare a working paper and propose draft articles for pending legislation, conduct consultative meetings, launch an advocacy campaign focused on MPs and government officials, and conduct an advocacy and leadership training.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Empowering Women for Political Party Leadership
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Political Processes
Description: To advance women's political party engagement and develop local women party activists' leadership skills. The program will train women from five political parties, women candidates for upcoming provincial elections, and newly elected councilwomen. The grantee will mentor trainees as they lead community dialogue sessions. A report will highlight the activities and status of women provincial council members.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Advocacy for Women's Political Participation
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Political Processes
Description: To advance women's political participation in national decision-making institutions, through advocacy efforts. The organization will train women journalists in advocacy and policy development skills. It will then conduct an advocacy campaign for legislative reform for women's representation and media freedoms, using policy papers, seminars, meetings with government officials, and a public opinion survey.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Promoting Youth Civic Engagement
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote youth volunteerism in Diyala province and to strengthen youth leadership and engagement in public life. The organization will develop the leadership and advocacy skills of youth in Diyala province, holding a training on advocacy, leadership, and civic work. The organization will form three teams to undertake advocacy activities on the private sector, women's empowerment, and strengthening voluntary life. The organization will also form a media assistance division to help young activists use social media effectively.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Advocacy for Women's Political Participation in Iraq
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Political Processes
Description: To advance women's participation in national decision-making institutions. The organization will lead an advocacy campaign to call for greater women's representation in political and civic institutions. It will also prepare a working paper and propose draft articles for pending legislation; conduct consultative meetings; launch an advocacy campaign focused on MPs and government officials; conduct a survey on women in elections; and implement an advocacy and leadership training.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Empowering Women Leadership and Human Rights Advocates
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To empower women leaders and women human rights advocates. The grantee will organize workshops to train a cadre of women, which will improve participants' skills on human rights monitoring and documentation, planning and carrying out advocacy campaigns, and mobilizing their communities. The grantee will also organize five advocacy campaigns, five community forums, and five community initiatives.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Engaging Young Women as Community Advocates
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To mobilize young women to advocate for community needs and priorities. The organization will continue to mentor young participants in its Youth Women Forum (YWF), which consists of past volunteers, and expand its outreach to young women in two new districts. The organization will hold public forums on women's rights and work with YWF members to hold dialogue sessions on public services in the province.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $33,000
Project Title: Engaging Young Women as Community Advocates
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To mobilize young women to advocate for community needs and priorities. The organization will continue to mentor young participants in its Youth Women Forum (YWF), which consists of past volunteers, and expand its outreach to young women in two districts. The organization will hold public forums on women's rights and work with YWF members to hold dialogue sessions on public services in the province.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Empowering Women for Political Party Leadership
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To advance women's political party engagement and develop local women party activists' leadership skills. The program will train women from political parties and women candidates for upcoming provincial elections. The trainings will enable the women party activists to seek stronger representation within their parties including in leadership positions.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $52,500
Project Title: Strengthening the Role of Women in Legislative Advocacy
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To strengthen the role of women in national legislative advocacy and enable a new generation of women to gain experience in providing leadership for civil society advocacy on public policy and rights-protection issues. An intensive training for women activists on legislative advocacy and civic leadership will lay the foundation for a sustained campaign to mobilize support for adoption of a law that would, for the first time, protect citizens from domestic abuse.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Engaging Young Women as Community Advocates
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To mobilize young women to advocate for community needs and priorities. Leadership and advocacy training for 21 young women volunteers will pave the way for creating a youth forum for young women. Participating women will gain experience in providing training to students in leadership skills, assessing community needs, and devising community-supported responses as they plan and carry out initiatives such as bringing students to observe the Provincial Council, promoting volunteerism in universities and high schools, and conducting humanitarian-relief drives.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Empowering Women for Political Party Leadership
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To advance women's political party engagement and develop local women party activists' leadership skills. The program will train women from political parties and women candidates for upcoming provincial elections. The trainings will enable the women party activists to seek stronger representation within their parties including in leadership positions.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $17,500
Project Title: Addressing Obstacles to Women's Leadership
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To promote a supportive environment for women in public life in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The grantee will conduct a survey to gauge the challenges and needs of women in public life, hold a roundtable for women to discuss the survey results and suggest remedies, and prepare a report to present to parliamentarians and government officials.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Addressing Obstacles to Women's Participation in the Workplace
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To support and strengthen women's participation and representation in public life in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Building on survey results that identify challenges facing women public figures in the region, the grantee will hold roundtables to identify recommendations and work with government and political party leaders to advocate for their implementation. The grantee will produce and present an annual report summarizing the outcomes of these proceedings to parliamentarians and government officials.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $22,000
Project Title: Addressing Obstacles to Women's Leadership
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To support and strengthen women's participation and representation in public life in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). Building on survey results that identify challenges facing women public figures in the region, the grantee will hold roundtables to identify recommendations and work with government and political party leaders to advocate for their implementation. The grantee will produce and present an annual report summarizing the outcomes of these proceedings to parliamentarians and government officials.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Human Rights Monitoring in Sulaimaniyah
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote the protection of human rights in government detention facilities in the city of Sulaimaniyah. The organization will form a team of monitors to document and report on human rights violations in detention and transfer centers, police stations, adolescents' detention facilities, and women's shelters. The organization will also publish its findings in an annual report and will follow up with the public prosecution office on the documented cases. The grantee will also organize trainings for police authorities on dealing with detainees.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Human Rights Monitoring in Sulaimaniyah
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To protect human rights in public shelters and detention facilities in Sulaimaniyah city. The grantee will monitor, document, and report on human rights violations in police stations, adolescent detention facilities, the Juvenile Police Division, the Anti-Domestic Violence Division, and women's shelters. The grantee will publish its findings in an annual report, follow-up with the Public Prosecution Office on documented cases, and organize advocacy meetings with relevant local and regional authorities.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Human Rights Monitoring in Sulaimaniyyah
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote protection of human rights in government custodial institutions in the city of Sulaimaniyyah. The grantee will form a team of monitors to document and report on human rights violations in detention and transfer centers, police stations, adolescents' detention facilities, and women's shelters. The grantee will also publish its findings in two biannual reports and will follow up with the appropriate government offices on the documented cases.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Community Radio and Human Rights Journalism
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To strengthen independent media reporting through community radio in Sulaimaniyah. The grantee will continue to develop its Human Rights Journalism Unit, publish its women's issues newspaper and monthly reports on local government performance, broaden public outreach through its website, and conduct a human rights reporting competition.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $70,000
Project Title: Community Radio and Human Rights Journalism in Iraq
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To encourage independent media reporting through community radio in Sulaimaniyah. The group will continue developing its Human Rights Journalism Units in Kalar and Kefry, continue publishing its groundbreaking women's issues newspaper, publish a monthly report on local government performance, continue to use its website for a broader outreach, and conduct a human rights reporting competition.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $37,000
Project Title: Community Radio and Human Rights Journalism
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To encourage independent media reporting through community radio in Sulaimaniyah Province. The radio station will continue to develop its Human Rights Journalism Unit, continue publishing its women's issues newspaper, publish a monthly report on local government performance, broaden public outreach through its website, and conduct a human rights reporting competition.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Community Radio and Human Rights Journalism in Iraq
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To encourage independent media reporting through community radio in Sulaimaniyya. The grantee will continue to mentor special human rights journalism units within its radio stations in Kalar and Kefry, launch a women's issues unit, publish a monthly report, continue to use its website to reach a wide audience, and launch an awards showcase for human rights reporting.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $37,000
Project Title: Community Radio and Human Rights Journalism
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To strengthen independent media reporting through community radio in Sulaimaniyah. The grantee will continue to develop its Human Rights Journalism Unit, publish its women's issues newspaper and monthly reports on local government performance, broaden public outreach through its website, and conduct a human rights reporting competition.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Enforcement of International Labor Standards Phase II
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Freedom of Association
Description: To create a just environment that promotes the consistent application of international labor standards. The center will focus on building Iraqi union capacity to apply the new legal framework defending all workers' rights and ensuring that labor laws in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) are consistent with Iraqi law. Activities will include support to public-sector workers to establish unions, including women; database development; and creation of a campaign to establish and enforce the new labor law in KRI.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $350,000
Project Title: Empowering Women for Political Party Leadership
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To advance women's active engagement in political parties in Dhi Qar Province, develop the leadership skills of local women party activists, and support an emerging organization in Basra. The organization will train a cadre of women activists to launch a long-term women's leadership training program in four local political parties, and support the new trainees to lead activities to further engage the community in women's political empowerment. It will also mentor a nascent organization in Basra as it fosters a new generation of civic activists.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $22,100
Project Title: Activating the Leadership Role of Young Iraqi Women
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote the participation of young women in political life and civil society activities. The organization will sustain the national leadership academy to train young women on political rights, developing leadership skills, communication skills, and universal women rights. To this end, the organization will hold activities in multiple provinces in Iraq.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Strengthening Women's Leadership
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To strengthen young women's participation and leadership in civic and political life. The grantee will connect a new generation of Iraqi women activists to create a network that will advocate for women's political rights. The grantee will lead training workshops and assist trainees to conduct advocacy campaigns on women's rights.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Activating the Leadership Role of Young Iraqi Women
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To strengthen young women's participation and leadership in civic and political life. The grantee will connect a new generation of Iraqi women activists to create a nationwide network that will advocate for women's political rights. The grantee will lead training workshops in three provinces, assist trainees in leading initiatives, and host a final conference.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $34,000
Project Title: Activating the Leadership Role of Young Iraqi Women
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote the participation of young women in political life and civil society activities. The organization will launch a national leadership academy to train young women on political rights, developing leadership skills, and universal women's rights.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $30,476
Project Title: Women's Rights Monitoring in the Kurdish Region of Iraq
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To reinforce protection of women's rights in the Kurdish region of Iraq. The grantee will continue to act as a watchdog over the progress made toward full implementation of the Combating Family Violence Law. The grantee will conduct court monitoring, publish bi-annual monitoring reports, conduct a study, and continue advocacy alongside its partners.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Reinforcing the Protection of Women's Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To reinforce the protection of women's rights in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The organization will monitor courts across the region to evaluate the implementation of the Combating Domestic Violence Law. It will issue an annual report on the law's implementation and work with governorates and districts to improve the resources available for victims of domestic violence. The organization will hold a press conference to release its report and will hold two workshops to facilitate adding domestic violence issues to law school curricula.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Reinforcing the Protection of Women's Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To reinforce the protection of women's rights in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The grantee will continue to act as a watchdog over the progress made toward full implementation of the Combating Family Violence Law. It will also conduct court monitoring, publish an annual report, and lead advocacy campaigns for effective implementation of the law and the establishment of new courts.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Protecting Women's Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To defend and protect women's rights in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The grantee will monitor courts and other institutions dealing with cases of violence against women, publish an annual report, lead workshops at universities, and lead advocacy campaigns for the effective implementation of existing laws.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Protecting Women's Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To defend and protect women's rights in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The grantee will monitor courts and other institutions dealing with cases of violence against women, publish an annual report, conduct workshops, run roundtables, and lead advocacy campaigns for the effective implementation of existing laws.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $40,000