Our Projects

Current projects

Civil society and democratic experiences for Ukrainian women

The project will support the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Promoting Dialogue and Participation in Iraq (PDP) project and its partners with strategic and practical measures to achieve increased impact and visibility of experiences on dialogue and participation in Iraq.

Fostering Diversity and Equality: Training Programme for Women’s Equal Participation Within Institutions in Iraq

The project’s objective is to support the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)’s project „Strengthening the participation of women in the rehabilitation and peace process in Iraq (SPW)” with the implementation of a long-term training programme to foster diversity and equality within institutions and organisations and thereby improve women’s participation in Iraq.

Quality and Effectiveness in Dialogue and Participation in Iraq

Elbarlament contributes to the GIZ Promoting dialogue and participation in Iraq (PDP) project with the project “Quality and Effectiveness in Dialogue and Participation in Iraq”, with the aim to advance and improve the processes and results of existing and ongoing processes as well as prepare future dialogue and participation (D&P) processes with enhanced governmental ownership.

Women Talking Peace

‘’Women talking peace’’ aimed to involve women in the building of an effective peace order and functioning state, democratic and social structures in Iraq. The project was launched in 2020.

Creative Expression Through Films

Creative expression through films aims to motivate people from all regions of Lebanon to express their ideas and desires for social change in a creative way and thus participate in the public discourse on Lebanon’s political, social, cultural and economic development.

WYDE Civic Engagement

The overall objective of the WYDE project is to fund and implement national and transnational projects in support of youth civic engagement and participation in the decision-making processes across the Sub-Saharan Countries.

Democracy moves: Socio-political participation of refugee women from Ukraine

The project will offer politically engaged refugee women from Ukraine the chance to learn about German democracy and the related political and civil society structures, both in theory and practice. Throughout the programme, refugee women from Ukraine will acquire theoretical and practical knowledge about German democracy and the related political and civil society structures.

Artists: Creators of Social Change

Throughout 2021/2022, the project “Artists: Creators of Social Change” aims at offering a large number of women in the cultural scene in Iraq the chance to network while also enabling them to participate confidently in the cultural, political and social spheres.

Women take the lead

Self-confidence, political qualifications and professional skills to assume active leadership roles in society – that is what the Syrian women take home…

Lange Nacht der Ideen 2021

“Writing for life” brought together Iraqi women from different ethnic and religious backgrounds to express themselves through their writing, promoting their participation in public…

Domestic violence campaign

Campaign on domestic violence together with Baghdad Women Association (BWA). The video produced was broadcasted for a duration of 30 days on public and private TV channels; reaching 85% of Iraqi households.

Self-determined. Women make film

The project offered a selection of women from all parts of Iraq the chance to learn about filmmaking and enables them to participate confidently in the cultural, political and social space.

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