In areas where decades of conflict have caused substantial damage to infrastructure, rising temperature and water scarcity have contributed to mounting inequality in water access among communities.
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More than 9,000 children have been killed or maimed in Iraq since 2008
Despite reduction on the number of reported cases in the last years, the overall number represents, on an average, more than 1 child killed every other day and one maimed daily over the period.
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Funding shortfall forces WFP to limit food and cash aid to displaced Iraqis and Syrian refugees
As the funding shortfall coincides, regrettably, with the Holy Month of Ramadan, WFP is urgently seeking $10 million to continue providing food assistance to vulnerable IDPs until June 2023.
Yazidi children still living in fear 8 years after genocide
Many of the children are living in unsafe environments and are surrounded by physical reminders of the violence experienced at the hands of ISIS, including destroyed homes, schools, and hospitals.
Five years on from the end of the conflict, up to one million Iraqis lack essential identity documents
The displacement-affected Iraqis lack critical civil documentation that hinders their access to public services and increases their risk of poverty and exclusion, according to a report.
Repeated displacement causes trauma among a third of children in Iraq
Children said fear for their personal safety is a source of stress that had stopped them from leaving home or going to school. Repeated displacement had undermined physical and psychological health.
UN renews commitment to Yazidi community in Iraq eight years after ISIL onslaught
The UN has stressed that peace, development, and accountability are key for the Yazidi community to flourish, while also highlighting the Iraqi Government’s role.
Young people face education, employment crisis five years since Mosul retaking
While reconstruction has occurred in some parts of the city, public roads and facilities like hospitals and schools remain heavily damaged, particularly on the west side of the city.
Reaching Iraq’s displaced children with essential vaccines
Health workers go door-to-door, meeting with families in displacement camps, making sure that children have access to the routine immunizations they need to be healthy and thrive.
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Syrian refugees in Iraq will lose access to basic foods without urgent funds
Agencies seek $10.1 million urgently to provide critical assistance; 86 percent of in-camp refugees remain food-insecure or vulnerable to food insecurity following a string of socio-economic shocks.
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UN and partners seek $400 million to help nearly a million people in Iraq in 2022
People in need are present in nearly all of the eighteen governorates, but vulnerabilities continue to be highest in the conflict-affected governorates of north and central Iraq.
Extreme cold hits refugees and IDPs in Iraq's Kurdistan region
Unprecedented heavy rains and snow not witnessed in 40 years fell in the KRI in the last few weeks. The extreme weather caused schools to close, blocked roads and caused damage to exposed shelters.
Remnants of war are as deadly for children as war itself in Iraq
Stronger concerted efforts are needed to reduce the increasing impact of these explosives as the number of child casualties grew 67% compared to 2020 (79 children for that year, including 61 boys).
More than 7,000 people in northern Iraq affected by flash floods
Heavy rains caused flash floods and widespread damage in Erbil and Kirkuk. Iraq witnessed record-low rainfall this year, but officials have warned of sporadic heavy rains due to climate change.
One in two families in drought-affected Iraq need food assistance
New research by NRC shows that one in two families in drought-affected regions require food assistance because of drought, while one in five do not have sufficient food for everyone in the family.
Four years after Islamic State Group: Families in Mosul still languish in poverty
The effects of COVID-19, the worsening economy, the ongoing drought and the camp closures have compounded a crisis, resulting in Mosul remaining a shell-shocked city with destroyed infrastructure.
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Girls facing higher risk of ‘summer’ marriages in Middle East and North Africa
Girls who spoke to Save the Children said child marriage laws, if they exist at all, were unlikely to protect them because they are rarely enforced. Stronger enforcement was vital, they said.
Returning Iraqis face dire conditions following camp closures
With 250,000 Iraqis still living in camps after fleeing ISIS, the sudden closure of 14 sites in late 2020 forced many to return to destroyed homes and villages lacking basic services.
ILO and partners launch campaign to tackle worst forms of child labour in Iraq
The campaign will target 10,000 children, their families and guardians, teachers, employers, and the media through activities that aim to raise awareness on the increasing dangers of child labour.
Hundreds of children infected every day as new COVID-19 variant spreads in Iraq
A rising number of children are reported to have been infected by COVID-19 without access to care as the variant is wreaking havoc in the country, Save the Children warned.