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April 21, 2014

Building Digital Bridges MoST's Vision of the Information Society

The past decade has demonstrated in countless ways the transforming effects that information and communication technologies (ICT) can have on the way we live, learn, work, play, and interact with the people and institutions around us.  The ICT revolution has had an impact perhaps even more p

The past decade has demonstrated in countless ways the transforming effects that information and communication technologies (ICT) can have on the way we live, learn, work, play, and interact with the people and institutions around us.  The ICT revolution has had an impact perhaps even more p

Interviews

May 2, 2013
Iraqi women seeking equality in peace as in war

“As a nation which suffered oppression, we have waited for years to raise our voice and to hear others. We gained our freedom after the 1991 uprising. Only then did our voices, colors become visible. And we welcome all sorts of races, colors.”

April 17, 2013
In Iraq, upswing in women political candidates applauded

raq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) announced Friday (April 12th) there has been a noticeable increase in the number of women candidates running in the upcoming local elections,

Interviews

January 24, 2013
Iraqi Women Seek a New Liberation

BAGHDAD, Jan 16 2013 (IPS) - From full literacy declared in the seventies, Iraq is down to 40 percent literacy for women.

May 30, 2012
Iraqi Woman Journalist Shot Dead In Mosul

A female journalist working for the Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency was shot dead in the northern city of Mosul Thursday, police said, becoming the second VOI reporter killed in a week.

May 30, 2012
Iraq: Self-immolation - The Dark Secret of Iraqi Kurdish Women

The Women's Union of Kurdistan in Sulaimaniyah said it recorded 83 women burning themselves in the first six months of last year; 95 in the first half of 2007.