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IF Launches Literacy Training Project in Mdaina, Iraq
As part of our humanitarian activities, IF partnered with International
Relief and Development (IRD) to provide literacy training to citizens in the southern town of Mdaina, located in the Basra governorate. Launched in January, the project started two classes in the Ezzeddine district and four classes in the center of Mdaina, which will benefit 150 Iraqis. This activity will reach out to an equal number of men and women. The classes will meet four times a week at local schools and teach the participants basic reading and math skills.
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IF Awards Small Grants to Iraqi NGOs
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To support our Human Rights
Advocacy Initiative (HRAI),
IF's small grants selection committee reviewed proposals submitted in December and January by local, Iraqi NGOs. Out of the 32 proposals IF received, four NGOs will be awarded a 3,000 US dollar small grant to carry out their projects. The submissions were evaluated based on the project's advancement of human rights advocacy objectives and consideration of the needs of women, minorities and other vulnerable groups as well as the proposal's response to local needs, cost-effectiveness and use of grassroots communication methods and mass media to innovatively educate the public about human rights.
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IF Launches Human Rights Billboard Media Campaign
 In addition to our television and radio programs, IF launched the first wave of its billboard media campaign as part of our human rights advocacy efforts. The goal of the first wave is to promote the rights of minorities. IF placed ten billboards throughout Baghdad in strategic locations as part of this campaign. In the following months, additional billboards, radio spots, television spots and posters will be produced to promote the rights of women, children, and other disadvantaged groups. The media campaign is part of the Human Rights Advocacy Initiative project launched in May 2008.
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IF Continues
Training Iraqi Widows in Baghdad and Basra
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 As part of our ongoing efforts to improve the lives of Iraqi widows, training courses have continued in all four training locations in Baghdad and Basra. In addition, IF staff members have begun to secure employment opportunities for widows
participating in our training programs in both the private and public
sector as part of IF's Widows Empowerment Project (WEP). The WEP project, which began last May, is
designed to empower widows with practical job and income generation skills as
well as an enhanced understanding of their rights and civic responsibilities.
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