Chemical attacks: How the nightmare of 1988 still haunts an Iraqi town | Middle East Eye
Chemical attacks: How the nightmare of 1988 still haunts an Iraqi town | Middle East Eye Azad Mustafa Qader, a doctor at the Jiyan Foundation clinic, says that after the Ghouta attack, staff at the clinic noticed a rise in calls from patients. “People were plain and simple scared. They believed that Halabja was next […]
Life After Sexual Slavery Inside ISIS | The Daily Beast
Life After Sexual Slavery Inside ISIS | The Daily Beast “When Elham Salah first began her training to be a psychological counselor, she thought that she would be helping local women cope with the effects of domestic and other gender-based violence. However, after almost three years of working at the Jiyan Foundation—a small group in […]
‘They destroyed us’: Yazidi survivors rebuild lives after horror of IS | Middle East Eye
‘They destroyed us’: Yazidi survivors rebuild lives after horror of IS | Middle East Eye For the last three years Elham Ibrahim, a psychologist, has been treating Yazidis seeking support. She currently works in a clinic inside Khanke camp opened by the Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights. Since the attack on Sinjar, Ibrahim said she had witnessed a dramatic […]
Interview – With Salah Ahmad, Jiyan Foundation | DW
Interview – With Salah Ahmad, Jiyan Foundation | DW Survival: Helping the Victims of “IS”. In the Interview: Salah Ahmad, Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights. A video interview with Jiyan Foundation Founder and Chair Salah Ahmad. Dubbed and translated from German. See the video interview on DW: Interview – With Salah Ahmad, Jiyan Foundation | […]
Trauma therapy in Iraqi Kurdistan″It is possible to build a peaceful society″ | Qantara
Trauma therapy in Iraqi Kurdistan ″It is possible to build a peaceful society″ | Qantara Since 2005, the Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights has been providing medical, psychotherapeutic and social support to survivors of torture, persecution and violence. Katja Dombrowski discussed matters with Salah Ahmad, the Foundation′s founder “What does your work with refugees look […]
Yazidi Women Tell of Rape and Enslavement at Hands of ISIS | NBC News
Yazidi Women Tell of Rape and Enslavement at Hands of ISIS | NBC News They suffer from psychological trauma and many have physical injuries, aid workers and community elders say. The regional government offers basic medical check-ups and psychological support for the escapees, but anything more is hard to come by. The Jiyan Foundation for […]
EXCLUSIVE: Report exposes rampant sexual violence in refugee camps | Rudaw
EXCLUSIVE: Report exposes rampant sexual violence in refugee camps | Rudaw The new research, conducted by the Norwegian Refugee Council, UN Women, UNHCR, the Warvin Foundation and Salahaddin University in Erbil. Rudaw spoke with the university lecturer and human rights activist Bayan Azizi, who was the research top adviser. Azizi teaches law, politics and human […]
The Devastating Chemical Attack in Iraqi Kurdistan 25 Years Later | Vice
The Devastating Chemical Attack in Iraqi Kurdistan 25 Years Later | Vice These are problems that Anas Ibrahim, 29, has seen all too often. He is a doctor working in the Jiyan Foundation for Human Rights in Halabja, funded by the German government. The center has treated over 1,500 Halabja residents since opening in 2010, […]