Ms. Ahmed was selected to present a speech in the peace and reconciliation session, where she shared her story about the initiative she created to support vulnerable communities, including internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees. Walaa also discussed the ISIS war in Sinjar and how her hometown of Duhok became a safe home to over a million IDPs.
Continuation of building the capacity of Women Rights Organizations in Ninewe,4 days of advanced capacity building training on “Proposal Writing and Resource Mobilization” last training from a series of trainings was conducted to the 10 targeted WROs by BWO.
This training is a part of “Strengthening Women’s Rights Movements on the Women, Peace, and Security agenda in three fragile contexts “ project that is implemented by Better World in partnership with CARE Iraq with support of Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ)
Fighting extremism in Iraq through harnessing the power of kindness By Walaa Musheer Ahmed We invite diverse voices to contribute to our blog. The opinions in this blog reflect the personal views of the author and not One Young World. I remember when ISIS first attacked my people. They fell upon the town of Sanjar,…
Our director “Walaa Musheer Ahmed” is participating in One Young World 2023 summit in #Belfast @oneyoungworld presenting Kurdistan and Iraq among people from 190+ countries all over the world.
Opening Ceremony of Better World Center in Shekhan camp with support of @unicef_iraq. Better World currently is conducting Community Discussion Leaders, Awareness Raising sessions, GBV Case Management and PSS programs for Shekhan camp community through this center
Our “Women Peace Council ” in Sarsink part of our project “Strengthening the Capacity of Young Women for Meaningful Participation in Decision Making in their Communities” with support of @Cordaid restored a street with beautiful touches in a spot that people from the area and tourists regularly visit, in order to have a better environment and be a more comfortable place.
On 30th July Better World Organization in coordination with Directorate of Youth in Duhok in the occasion of its project end under the title of “Strengthening the Capacity of Young Women for Meaningful Participation in Decision Making in their Communities” under Women Voice First Project with @Cordaidiraq conducted a closing event under the name “ Supporting Young Women Meaningful Participation in Decision Making and Peace Building”
The event presented the result of the project and conduct a panel discussion where stakeholders were invited to discuss how they can better support meaningful participation of young women focusing on UNSCR 1325 women, peace and security.