Events
Every year, millions of people are trafficked around the world. Human traffickers prey on individuals of all ages and backgrounds including women, men, and children; exploiting them for their own profit. Human trafficking, Trafficking in Persons (TIP) or ‘modern slavery’ is a growing challenge in Iraq, including the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), both as a source, transit, and destination country. Forced Labor, including domestic servitude is one of the most common forms of human trafficking, both globally and here in Iraq and the KRI. Since 2014, SEED has supported 532 survivors of trafficking, among those, 346 of them are survivors of forced labor, including domestic servitude. To highlight this grave issue, the Centre for Peacebuilding and Dialogue in UKH has collaborated with SEED Foundation for the screening of the film “Secret Slaves of the Middle East”.
The International Medical Kurdistan Conference of the School of Medicine (SoM) is a unique platform to share recent research in medicine and a great opportunity to exchange knowledge and experiences in all related fields. The conference will be held on the February 28 and continues until March 1st, 2024 in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, the ancient wonder city and the new symbol of civilization and peaceful coexistence. The conference is also an excellent opportunity for scientific presentations like oral, poster, and commercial exhibitions as well as experts’ presentations in a wide range of medical specialties
Centre for Peacebuilding and Dialogue (CPD) is hosting Dr. Marianna Charountaki to deliver a seminar titled: “Book Analysis: Iran and Turkey: International and Regional Engagement in the Middle East”, on 28 March at 3:30. Dr. Marianna is a Senior Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Lincoln (School of Social and Political Sciences). She has acted as Director of the Kurdistan International Studies Unit (2016-2019) at the University of Leicester. She is a BRISMES trustee and convener of the BISA Foreign Policy Working Group. She is Research Fellow at Soran University (Erbil, Iraq) and member of the Greek Council for IR.
This conference is organised by the Center for Peacebuilding and Dialogue (CPD) in collaboration with Socialists and Democrats Group (S&D) at the European Union Parliament, and the Religious Freedom Institute (USA). The axes of the conference revolve around the Syrian religious minorities experience since the Syrian Spring/ Civil War 2011, their past and future. The projection of the Syrian religious minorities in the future is still a central concern. The direct and indirect interference of the neighboring countries and their proxies, remains of ISIS and other Islamic and Jihadists groups which are still very active, are existing threats to most of the mentioned groups. The organising committee welcomes you to attend this virtual conference. Lectures and presentations will be done to discuss the past, current and the future of the Syrian Religious Communities in an ongoing Syrian dilemma and unrest!