Iraq

Approx 97% of Iraqis, including Arabs, Kurds and Turkmen, are Muslim (60-65% Shi’a and 32-37% Sunni). Religious minorities include Christians, Yazidis, Kaka’is, Sabaean-Mandeans, Baha’is and Zoroastrians.

Our projects in Iraq take a range of approaches to tackle religious inequalities including: highlighting the impact of Covid-19 on religious minorities, monitoring (and mitigating) hate speech, working with young people from religious minorities to capture their oral heritage, curriculum reform (making it more religiously inclusive) and teacher training, working with women from religious minorities to advocate for themselves.

CREID projects in Iraq

Interfaith service delivery: Developing the capacity of Iraqi youth to capture their oral heritage under threat

This project is working with over 100 youth from different religious minorities to document, archive and disseminate the oral heritage of their communities. It will…

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Monitoring hate speech: Combating hate speech and fostering religious cohesion in Iraq

The programme has a three-pronged approach: to document the use of hate speech online and offline; to create counter-measures and advocacy to offset the impact…

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Building coalitions: Minority women’s coalition

A comprehensive study analysing the narratives of women’s movements in Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan, Myanmar and Nigeria with a focus on the extent to which the…

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Building coalitions: Curriculum reform and teacher training in Iraq

The programme aims to build a wide coalition involving representatives of all ethno-religious groups and educationalists to design and deliver an educational curriculum promoting inclusivity…

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Covid-19 and Freedom of Religion or Belief

Since the declaration of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, CREID has adapted its programme of work and responded to redress the increased impact of Covid-19…

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Our work in Iraq

Featured September 30, 2021

#Incite! Identifying and challenging online hate speech

Webinar sharing pioneering research from Iraq and Pakistan on hate speech targeting religious minorities and approaches to countering this. Watch again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KG-fdhCL7k Around the world hate speech, especially online hate speech, is on the rise. But it’s most dangerous in places riven by political insecurity…

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Six mobile teams inoculate IDPs in Erbil camps

Erbil, February 2022: Siti Shabab, 63, receives second dose of the Corona vaccine in the Harsham camp for the displaced. Photo by Farman Sadiq. Siti…

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Tal Afar: higher demand for Covid-19 jabs

Nineveh, 2021: A resident of Tal Afar District receives the second dose of the Corona vaccine. Photo by Talafar Health Office. "After I took the…

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Covid vaccination campaigns for local communities in mother tongue

Nineveh, March 2022: A health awareness campaign about the prevention of Corona and the importance of taking the vaccine. Photo by Nineveh Health Directorate Media.…

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IDPs lost identifications: Covid-vaccinated, no ID awarded

Duhok, March 2022: One of the IDPs in Kabartw camp receiving Covid-19 jab. Photo by Ammar Aziz. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the semi-autonomous Iraqi…

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Covid vaccination campaigns reach remote Kaka’i villages of Kirkuk

Kirkuk, March 2022: A mobile clinic in Daquq district to deliver the Coronavirus vaccine to residents of remote areas. Photo by Muhammad Almas. In Daquq,…

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One third of Shekhan residents got Coronavirus vaccine

Duhok, February 2022: Shukria Hamzo, 60, has received the second dose of the Corona vaccine at one of the vaccination centres of Shekhan District. Photo…

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“Spearhead” provides Corona vaccination cards without taking doses

Tens of Covid-19 vaccination cards were issued without inoculation of the holder, especially for those who do not believe in the vaccine, and ready to…

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Khanaqin: Residents and IDPs have equal access to inoculation

Diyala, March 2022: A citizen of Khanaqin receives a dose of the Corona vaccine at one of the Khanaqin Health Centers. Photo by Amir Khanaqini.…

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Diwaniyah Roma receive Coronavirus vaccine effortlessly

Al-Diwaniyah, March 2022: A mother and her child in the village of Al-Zuhour, home to the Roma. Photo by Tahseen Al-Zarkani. Umm (mother of) Salah…

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Admin issues impede access of Christians to Covid jabs in Kirkuk

Kirkuk, August 2022: A resident of Kirkuk is receiving the Coronavirus vaccine in the Cathedral of the Sacred heart church. Photo by Karwan Salihi. The…

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Moslawi volunteer fights Covid-19 to save locals

Nineveh, March 2022: Abdullah, a lawyer from Mosul, voluntarily provides oxygen bottles to serious cases of Covid-19 infection hospitalised at home for lack of beds…

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