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 […]
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New Iraqi Child and Adolescent Health Strategy (2018-2020)
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 […]
Tags: Children, featured, National Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Health Strategy (2018-2020), UNFPA, UNICEF, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Population Fund, World Health Organization (WHO)
Japan supporting Women and Girls in Iraq
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) […]
Tags: caliphate, Daesh, featured, gender-based violence, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, Japan, Mosul, terrorism, UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, Women
UN Ramps Up Emergency Care to Iraqi Women
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), […]
Tags: caliphate, Daesh, European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), European Union (EU), featured, humanitarian assistance, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, terrorism, UNFPA, UNICEF, United Nations, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Population Fund, Women, World Food Programme (WFP)
Fears for 750,000 Civilians in Western Mosul
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 […]
Tags: CARE, Danish Refugee Council (DRC), featured, IDPs, internally displaced persons, International Organization for Migration (IOM), Qandil, Refugees, Samaritan’s Purse, UN Development Programme (UNDP), UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS), UN Women, UN-HABITAT, UNAMI, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF, United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, United Nations Population Fund, Welthungerhilfe, World Food Programme (WFP), World Health Organization (WHO)
New Career Opportunities in Iraq
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 […]
Tags: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), featured, International Relief & Development (IRD), jobs in Iraq, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, World Food Programme (WFP)
New Career Opportunities in Iraqi Kurdistan
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 […]
Tags: featured, jobs in Iraq, Kurdistan News, Office of the Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Oxfam, UNAMI, UNFPA, United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, United Nations Population Fund, World Food Programme (WFP)
New Career Opportunities in Iraq
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 […]
Tags: featured, International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP), International Organization for Migration (IOM), jobs in Iraq, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), UNAMI, UNFPA, UNICEF, United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations Population Fund
UN Campaign to Combat Gender-Based Violence
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 […]
WFP Launches WiFi System In Iraqi Refugee Camp
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 […]
Tags: Domiz, Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC), featured, IDPs, internally displaced persons, Mobile internet, Refugees, Telecommunications, UNFPA, UNHCR, United Nations Population Fund, World Food Programme (WFP)
Protection of Women and Girls in Mosul
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 […]
New Jobs in Iraqi Kurdistan
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 […]