On 9 May 2012 members of the Weapons Ban Campaign met in Sul...

Weapons Ban Campaign Meet with Kurdistan Parliament Speaker

On 9 May 2012 members of the Weapons Ban Campaign met in Sulaymaniyah with Dr. Arsalan Bayiz, Speaker of Kurdistan Parliament. Campaign members discussed with the Parliament Speaker their demands and ...

On 8 may 2012, and after several meetings, the campaign ca...

Weapons Ban Campaign Issues a Statement

On 8 may 2012, and after several meetings, the campaign calling for ban of possession of personal weapons issued a statement in which campaign participants called on the Kurdistan Regional Governm...
On 9 May, the SCR1325 Group held a meeting at the Asuda Offi...

SCR1325 Group Meets at Asuda Office in Sulaymaniyah

On 9 May, the SCR1325 Group held a meeting at the Asuda Office in Sulaymaniyah attended by over 35 NGOs and activists. The consultative session aimed at discussed details of putting together a nationa...
Sulaymaniyah, Asuda hosted a meeting for a number of civil s...

Asuda Hosts a Meeting on Increasing Rate of Honor Killing

Sulaymaniyah, Asuda hosted a meeting for a number of civil society NGOs, activists, journalists and media professional as well as figures to discuss the alarming increase in the incidence of murder an...

Featured News

ICRC Delegation Visits Asuda

Sulaymaniyah, A delegation representing the International Committee of the Red Cross [ICRC] visited Asuda and met Ms. Khanum Raheem Lateef, Asuda's Directo...
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Hivos and IKV PAX Christi Delegation visit Asuda

Sulaymaniyah, A delegation representing Hivos and IKV PAX Christi visited Asuda and met with Ms. Khanum Raheem Lateef, Asuda Director. The delegation compr...
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Norwegian Ambassador to Iraq visits Asuda

Sulaymaniyah, Mr. Petter Ølberg Ambassador of Norway to Iraq and Jordan accompanied by Ms. Elin Gjedrem, First Secretary at the Royal Norwegian Embassy vi...
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Kurdistan Parliament Bans FGM

Kurdistan Parliament approved in its meeting held yesterday on the law against domestic violence in Kurdistan Region - Iraq, which provides one of the basi...
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Asuda starts the first stage of awareness sessions for women on women's rights and access to legal mechanisms.

 

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Sulaymaniyah, Ms. Khanum Raheem Lateef, Asuda Director met in Sulaymaniyah with Ms. Beverley Simpson, Deputy Consul General at the British Embassy's Office in Erbil and Ms. Harriet Ware-Austin Adroit Director. Read more...

 
Operation 1325 Delegation Visits Asuda
Sulaymaniyah. A delegation representing Opera...
Woman murdered in Erbil
A 22 year woman killed on 17 August 2010 in R...
International NGOs call for immediate reforms in Syria
Over the past 12 days, peaceful protests in S...
Asuda continues UUSC supported awareness project
Asuda starts the first stage of awareness ses...

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Current Projects

Asuda awarded a new project by UNWomen

Asuda  and UN Women [UNWomen] entered into an agreement to implement a project aiming at promoting  education for girls in Sulaymaniyah. ...
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Integrated Action on Social Protection for Widows in Iraq

In partnership with Oxfam Great Britain (Oxfam GB), ASUDA will implement a 18 months programme, This programme will contribute to the most vulnerable population in Iraq - in particular widows - being protected through promotion of an equitable ...
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Protection

Feb 14 2009

Sulaymaniyah, 28 December 2009: Christian Aid, one of Asuda's key supporter for years awarded a new Grant to support Asuda's Women Protection Programme and shelter. The grant is of great impor...

Awareness

Feb 14 2009

Asuda starts the first stage of awareness sessions for women on women's rights and access to legal mechanisms.     The first round of sessions targeted women in IDPs communities in Bakrajo subu...

Advocacy

Feb 14 2009

The dissemination of Human Rights Watch report on 16 June 2010 on FGM and the reactions by activists and NGOs to the report initiated a controversy about the issue.   Also,...

Empowerment

Feb 14 2009

Sulaymaniyah, Asuda staff received training on the use of social media and web techniques in a training course in Asuda's Office in Sulaymaniyah from 30 June to 2 July 2010. ...