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Supporting civil society in Iraq
The existence of a strong independent media and a vocal civil society is of
crucial importance in allowing the Iraqi people to hold their elected officials
to account, both nationally and locally. Iraq has a growing civil society with
more than 2,500 registered NGOs. Over 250 newspapers and magazines have been
launched since 2003. Going forward, we are looking at various ways to support
civil society in Iraq.
Since 2003 DFID has supported Iraqi civil society to do the following:
- Play an important role in the January 2005 elections by providing voter
education seminars to over 300,000 people in some of the hardest to reach areas
of Iraq
- Provide election coverage training for Iraqi journalists and political
awareness discussion groups for women
- Organise constitutional awareness workshops for young female students to
help with their understanding of the constitution and enabling mobile teams to
visit remote rural communities to explain the referendum
- Set up a number of independent TV and radio stations
Last updated 17 April 2007
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