The Government of Iraq, represented by the Ministry of Planning, and UNFPA launched the Fund’s third Country Programme Document (CPD) for 2020-2024, at the Ministry of Planning’s premises on 20 February 2020. The CPD, which was developed in collaboration with the Government of Iraq, United Nations agencies, human rights institutions and civil society organizations, is […]
Under the Patronage of Her Excellency the Minister of Health & Environment Dr Adeelah Hamoud Hussien, the Public Health Directorate (PHD) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nation Children’s’ Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) launched on 20 July 2017 the National Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent […]
UNFPA Welcomes the Generous Donation from the Government of Japan to Meet the Needs of Women and Girls in Iraq As the current humanitarian crisis in Iraq enters its fourth year, women and girls are facing extraordinary vulnerabilities related to their inability to access to minimum reproductive health services, and extraordinary Gender Based Violence (GBV) […]
The United Nations population agency, with financial support from the European Union (EU), has increased its humanitarian response in Iraq to meet the urgent needs of women and girls as fighting peaks in the war-torn country. Thanks to an additional five million euros contribution by the European Commission Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), […]
Humanitarians fear for the 750,000 civilians in western Mosul 100 days after military operations to retake Mosul started, humanitarian partners are expressing deep concern about the plight of the estimated 750,000 civilians who are currently living in the western sections of the city where fighting is expected to start in coming weeks. "We are relieved […]
By John Lee. The United Nations has advertised new positions in Iraq: Procurement Coordinator, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) ICLA Officer- Legal Assistance, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) ICLA Officer- Information & Counselling, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) ICLA Information Officer, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Advisor Security Risk Management Support to the Stabilization Process, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale […]
By John Lee. The United Nations has advertised new positions in Iraqi Kurdistan: Consultant Information Management Officer, Food Security Cluster, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) National Logistics Officer, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Programme Specialist, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Cash Operations Coordinator, Oxfam Humanitarian Affairs […]
By John Lee. The United Nations has advertised new positions in Iraq: Programme Specialist, Gender Based Violence, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) SCOPE IT Solution Associate (two positions), United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Administrative Assistant, United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Field Security Assistant, United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Education […]
Under the theme “From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Step Up for Freedom and Equality”, the United Nations in cooperation with the Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government launched the 16 days of Activism campaign against gender-based violence in Iraq. The campaign was launched in Baghdad on 26 November […]
The World Food Programme (WFP) today launched an innovative project that provides wireless internet access to Syrian refugees living in Domiz refugee camp in northern Iraq, the largest refugee camp in Iraq which is home to 31,000 Syrian refugees. Syrian refugees forced to flee the conflict in Syria can now use the internet through the […]
Statement by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin (pictured), United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA, to the United Nations Population Fund, on the Protection of Women and Girls in Mosul: I am deeply concerned about the rapidly escalating humanitarian crisis in Mosul, Iraq, and the heightened threat to the health and lives of pregnant women who […]
By John Lee. The United Nations has advertised several new positions in Iraqi Kurdistan: International External Evaluation Consultant (RRM), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) HR Coordinator Country Office, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Driver On-Duty, Danish Refugee Council (DRC) National Associate Programme Officer, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Cash Consortium Executive Chair, Mercy Corps […]
