In today’s digital world, children are more connected than ever before. As access to smartphones, gaming platforms, and social media continues to grow, so do the risks children may face online. Many of these risks are hidden, fast-moving…
Unprecedented access to the internet and digital technologies has dramatically increased risks to children worldwide. In Iraq and the Kurdistan Region, where legal frameworks have struggled to keep pace with evolving forms of harm…
In Iraq and the Kurdistan Region, online violence presents heightened and complex risks due to social stigma, limited legal frameworks, and the potential for severe offline consequences. Survivors, particularly women, girls, and children…
Online violence against children (<18) refers to a range of harmful acts that are committed, facilitated, or amplified through digital technologies, including grooming, sexual exploitation, coercion, blackmail, online harassment, and the…
Examines harmful acts committed or facilitated through information and communications technology (ICT), and the frameworks for prevention, protection, prosecution, and reparation in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region.
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Harmful and stigmatizing coverage of women in the media has the potential to inform public opinion and rhetoric across vulnerable communities, normalize and/or lead to the continuation of violence, promote victim-blaming, and stigmatize…
To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the genocide waged by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) against Iraq’s diverse communities, SEED Foundation, Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights, and Yazda, in collaboration with the Coalition…
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 the Framework to be…
While the Government of Iraq and the UN continue to collaborate through the Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM) Country Task Force on the development of an action plan to prevent recruitment and support reintegration of children…
To promote improved services to some of the most vulnerable and violence-affected people in the world, SEED Foundation worked with a broad range of stakeholders to develop a Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Standard of Care…