Starting in 2022 and for the next five years (until 2026), Un Ponte Per through the project 'Women for Democracy', funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, initiates a new long-term intervention aimed at supporting Iraqi women, who are still victims of stereotypes and oppressive social norms. The intervention also includes a phase of discussion and exchange with women activists who are members of women's organisations and feminists committed to women's rights in Sudan.
The project, implemented in partnership with the Information Centre for Research and Development (ICRD), aims to support women in their path of participation and protagonism in all phases of the reconstruction of state institutions and, more generally, of a pacified social context, so that they have a greater and decisive influence in dictating the political agenda, in democratic practices and in decision-making processes.
The programme aims to provide - young women, formal and informal grassroots women's groups, activists - with the long-term tools to become real agents of change, through meetings, leadership workshops, trainings, networking, capacity building plans, public campaigns and artistic initiatives. Another goal is to improve the quantity and inclusiveness of Safe Spaces, making them safe and welcoming for all Iraqi women, girls and children.
