In a displacement camp on the edge of Sulaymaniyah, a year-long project gave women something quietly radical: a skill of their own, a small income, and the confidence to believe both were theirs by right.
A six-month program to help women lead – not in theory, but in the real positions and roles they have already reached across Iraqi
society.
A long-running awareness project bringing clear, frank information about reproductive health and rights to communities across the
region – with young people, girls and women at its centre.
For women and girls in communities still living with the aftermath of conflict, this project pairs the practical – skills, income,
advocacy – with the deeply personal: survivor-centred care that helps people rebuild.
In the Bazian community outside Sulaymaniyah, a short, focused project set out to put income – and the skills to earn it – within reach of local women and young people.
When a proposed amendment threatened Iraq’s Personal Status Law, PDO joined a coalition that carried the fight from the streets of Sulaymaniyah all the way to the European Parliament – and won a resolution in support.