Iraq

NP’s work in Iraq

NP began operating in Iraq in 2017, focusing on protecting people affected by violence, particularly those in critical need of protection in the IDP camps, people returning to contested and high-risk areas and those located in tense regions near the Syrian and Turkish borders. As the immediate humanitarian response shifts to ongoign development, NP continues its focus on both violence prevention and peacebuilding based on community needs.

To that end, NPIQ’s mission is to foster resilience among communities affected by Daesh to prevent the re-emergence of violence in Ninewa Governorate, Iraq.

• Peacebuilding & Social Cohesion: NP strengthens community peace teams who work to prevent violence, protect communities, manage conflict, and build peace.
• Relationship-Building: NP supports relationship and trustbuilding between the community and duty bearers, state and non-state actors while also improving the responsiveness of these latter groups to protect civilians 
• Women & Youth Engagement: NP champions women and youth inclusion and engagement. NP does this by establishing women and youth peace teams,  building their capacities to access decision-making processes. 
• Digital Protection & Peacebuilding: NP focuses on stopping divisive narratives, such as rumours, disinformation, and hate speech. It also addresses online extortion and blackmail through providing digital and physical protection.
• Climate Adaptation: NP collaborates with communities to prevent violence related to competition over resources and marginalisation as the impacts of climate change continue to grow.
• Direct Protection: NP, with the community, provides direct physical protection to those experiencing threats of violence through protective accompaniment, patrolling, and ensuring safe access to services.

The future of NP’s work in Iraq 

While progress has been made, Iraq's protection and social cohesion challenges are far from resolved. NPIQ will continue working on increasing the safety and security of civilians and enhancing the peaceful coexistence of communities. We will continue to focus on the inclusion of women and youth, who are so often excluded from the table.  Simultaneously, NPIQ will accelerate its focus on digital peacebuilding and climate adaptation as needs identified by the community. By doing so, NP remains committed to increasing the communities’ ability to protect themselves, strengthening nonviolent methods of conflict resolution and paving the way to reach durable solutions to long-standing humanitarian issues. 

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→ Iraq publications

→ Iraq blogs

→ Iraq press clips & statements

→ Iraq capacity statement