The paper’s main objective is to give those who design or implement MHPSS trainings well-founded guidance on what to consider in the given context in Syria & Iraq and its neighboring countries, to prepare trainees to meet the needs... Read more
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This paper seeks to support the efforts of MHPSS actors working in the context of the Syria and Iraq crises with women and girls who have experienced SGBV, including conflict-related as well as non-conflict related social and interpersonal violence.... Read more
Bei dem vorliegenden Orientierungsrahmen handelt es sich um ein kontextuell angepasstes, gemeinsames Positionspapier für die deutsche Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, das den Diskussionsstand der beteiligten Institutionen und Expert*innen darüber wiedergibt, was gute psychosoziale Arbeit mit Geflüchteten ausmacht und welche Risiken es zu... Read more
This guiding framework is a contextually adapted, joint position paper for German development cooperation that reflects the current status of the debate among the institutions and experts involved as to what constitutes good psychosocial work with refugees and IDP,... Read more
TOR of MHPSS Working Group in Erbil, Iraq. Read more
The purpose of this review is to analyse the current state of knowledge regarding Gender-based Violence (GBV) in Arab contexts where MSF-OCBA is present. GBV context analysis of six countries: Iraq, Sudan, Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), Syrian Arab Republic... Read more
MSF’s new report, Healing Iraqis: The Challenges of Providing Mental Healthcare in Iraq, records examples of the impact constant day to day violence have had on many Iraqi men, women and children, and describes the development, together with the... Read more
Mental Health Data – Iraq,2011 Read more
This report provides a case study of the post-conflict rehabilitation of services and development of mental health policy following the invasion of Iraq in 2003. It illustrates common challenges faced in meeting mental health needs in post-conflict situations. Read more
Kos, A. M., & Zemljak, B. (2007). Psychosocial support for children, families and teachers in Iraq. Intervention, 5(2), 150-158. In 2003, a community based psychosocial programme for children in Iraq was started. Psychosocial activities were implemented in primary schools... Read more
