Current Projects & Activities
 
Human Rights Advocacy Initiative
The goal of the Iraq Human Rights Advocacy Initiative is to empower Iraqi human rights leaders—in civil society as well as in government ministries, parliament and in the media—to be better advocates for human rights. The Iraq Foundation proposes a basket of initiatives designed to consolidate Iraq’s budding human rights community into a strong, broad-based advocacy coalition pressing to hold the Iraqi government accountable for the state of Iraqis’ civil and political liberties. The initiatives will be designed and synchronized to be mutually enhancing and reinforcing.

Widows Empowerment Project
The goal of the project is to train disadvantaged Iraqi widows on a set of skills that will empower them politically, and increase their economic independence. The project also aims to enhance the Iraqi women’s understanding of their rights and civic responsibilities to be better able to participate in the democratic process and civic life.

Maysan NGO Capacity Building Project
The Goal of the Maysan NGOs Capacity Building (MNCB) project is to promote the growth and effectiveness of civil society organizations in the Maysan province so they can ensure that the interests of citizens are weighed by public institutions that make policy and allocate resources.

 
Mdaina Education Project (MEP)
The Goal of the Mdaina Education Project (MEP) is to provide literacy training to illiterate and semiliterate adults and targeted computer training to small business owners and teachers as well as select technology personnel. In addition, a computer center will be established, which will host the literacy and computer training programs as well as serve the larger community of Mdaina as computer labs.

Iraq Anti-corruption and Transparency Project
In March 2007, Iraq Foundation launched an anti-corruption and transparency (ACT) initiative in Iraq. The goal of the ACT project is to support anti-corruption efforts through mobilizing Iraqi public opinion against corruption, encouraging transparency and accountability in government, and introducing a legislative agenda to help combat corruption and promote transparency. The project wil l spread public awareness on international standards of transparency and anti-corruption through fostering the growth of national mechanisms to ensure transparency and accountability and demonstrating the correlations between transparency and accountability.