Despite their disillusionment with Iraq’s political system, the country’s youth have hope and aspirations for real change. As Iraq’s political stalemate persists, many observers expect protests will erupt over the country’s worsening socio-economic situation, the increasing effects of climate change – such as heat waves and dust storms – and a lack of political will to chang
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The Revolution of 1958 which violently overthew the monarchical regime was apart of the revolutionary wave that has swept Arab contiries in their attemprts to modernize by combinint elements of culture derived from Westernand scocialist societies with Isalmic cultural and religious tradtions. This book gives the first comprehensive account of the 1958 Revultion and the politica
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Baghdad, Iraq, 5 July 2022 – Iraq’s Ministry of Planning, the Central Statistical Organization (CSO), together with the International Labour Organization (ILO) have launched a national Labour Force Survey , the first of its kind to be conducted in Iraq in the last decade. The survey presents estimates at the national, governorate, urban and rural levels and covers a broad array
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Businesswomen say Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government needs to work harder to create the conditions for entrepreneurs. Taffan Hamakhan's cosmetics business 'ByTaff' employs women in an effort to reduce female unemployment [Courtesy of Taffan Hamakhan] Nearly five years ago, Huda Sarhang, 27, was sitting at one of the most iconic tea shops in Erbil, th
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Context The violence and destruction caused by the group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), as well as the military operations against them, have caused the displacement of nearly 6 million people since 2014. As of March 2022, 1.18 million people remain displaced throughout 18 governorates of Iraq, of which 180,000 are living in 26 formal camps establi
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