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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…
#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…
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…
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…
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 to end…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Source: Legal Ranj, Rudaw Date: 20th April, 2021 SEED VP Tanya Gilly Khailany Speaks to Rudaw TV about ‘Honor Killings’ in Kurdistan SEED Vice President and Co-Founder, Tanya Gilly Khailany, joined Rudaw’s Ranj Sangawi, for a special…
SEED Foundation’s approach to mental health care is trauma-focused and survivor centered. Almost all mental health clients served by SEED have been exposed to traumatic experiences and show trauma-related symptoms. Trauma is deeply…