BACK TO LIFE Archive — HÁWAR.help

BACK TO LIFE
NEW COURSES AT OUR BACK TO LIFE CENTER
The BACK TO LIFE Women's Empowerment Center in Northern Iraq is constantly developing: since the end of 2021, HÁWAR.help has been offering new courses in the IDP camp.
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BAERBOCK BECOMES AMBASSADOR FOR BACK TO LIFE
During our event Side by Side with Agents of Change, which took place in Berlin on July 30th, Annalena Baerbock announced her ambassadorship for our project BACK TO LIFE.
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YOUNG WOMEN ATTEND HEALTH SEMINAR
For adolescent girls, it can be awkward to talk about periods. For displaced young women, that awkwardness can be exacerbated by cultural stigmatization and a lack of privacy...
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BACK TO LIFE SHOP ALUMNI TRAIN NEWBIES
The team that recently completed their work experience at HÁWAR.help’s BACK TO LIFE Shop are currently tasked with onboarding a new cohort of four women. They will spend...
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NEW CASES OF SUICIDE AMONG YAZIDI SURVIVORS
Ahlam Kéro (left) and Asmahan Khidir (right), aged 15 and 20, are two of a total of 11 Yazidis in Iraq who committed suicide since the beginning of the new year. Most of...
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BACK TO LIFE
NADHIFAS SUCCESS STORY IN NORTHERN IRAQ
The mother of 7 children applied the skills and experience she’d gained during the BACK TO LIFE courses and while working in the BACK TO LIFE shop to open her very own...
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ADVOCACY
THE WORLD’S FIRST GENOCIDE TRIAL
On 24 April 2020, the court case against the Iraqi citizen and ISIS supporter Taha Al-J. was opened at the Higher Regional Court in Frankfurt am Main. HÁWAR was there to...
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ADVOCACY
JOINT NGO STATEMENT
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates an ongoing crisis that affects displaced communities across the country. Iraqi authorities and the United Nations must act now.
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ADVOCACY
END IMPUNITY FOR IS PERPETRATORS
HAWAR.help and international law expert Dr. Alexander Schwarz jointly demand that the German government takes reasonable steps to end impunity of IS perpetrators.
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ADVOCACY
HÁWAR.help‘s LIST OF DEMANDS ON ISIS CRIMES
As a human rights organization founded immediately after the genocide of the Yazidis we demand that the German government and the international community give the highest...
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ADVOCACY
HÁWAR.help WOMEN’S CONFERENCE AT THE GERMAN...
On 06/29/2017 and together with the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, HÁWAR.help offered a forum to survivors of sexual violence and enabled them to raise their voices. The...
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ADVOCACY
HÁWAR.help AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK
For the Yazidis, Nadia Murad’s appointment as UN Goodwill ambassador in New York is a unique and historical event.
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