Human Rights Education Project

Radio Programs - Cycle 3
2008 - 2009

In an effort to broaden our outreach in Iraq and reach a larger, more diverse audience across the nation, the Iraq Foundation added human rights education radio programs to the educational workshop programming in 2006. Broadcast on al-Iraqiya Radio in Iraq, the Foundation produced eight programs, addressing a variety of human rights issues.

Currently, IF is recording the third cycle of Radio programs for 2008 - 2009.

On April 5 2008, IF recorded the 1 st program of the 3 rd cycle of radio programs:

Subject: Handicaps’ rights

Guest: Toufik Abd El-Hassan, expert in handicap affairs.

On April 6 2008, IF recorded the 2 nd program of the 3 rd cycle of radio programs:

Subject: Minorities’ rights in Iraq

Guest: Naseer Issa Al Chajar, activist in the field of minorities’rights

On April 7 2008, IF recorded the 3 rd program of the 3 rd cycle of radio programs:

Subject: Violence against women and the right to personal security

Guest: Asma’ Jameel; university professor.

On April 23 2008, IF recorded the 4 th program of the 3 rd cycle of radio programs:

Subject: Gender Equality

Guest: As’ad Kathem, Associate Professor in Political Science.

On April 24 2008, IF recorded the 5 th program of the 3 rd cycle of radio programs:

Subject: Human rights defenders

Guest: Khalil Ibraheem Kathem, NGO department director in the Ministry of Human Rights.

On April 27 2008, IF recorded the 6 th program of the 3 rd cycle of radio programs:

Subject: Human Rights Defenders Network (HRDN)

Guest: Khadija Khadabakhsh, Human Rights Defenders’ Network Project Assistant at the Iraq Foundation- Baghdad Office.

On April 30 2008, IF recorded the 7 th program of the 3 rd cycle of radio programs:

Subject: Annual report on the Human Rights situation in Iraq

Guest: Ali Raheem, HRDN Project Manager, Iraq Foundation- Baghdad Office.

Last Update: Monday, May 19, 2008