Iraq

Iraq Program PhotosView Slideshow

Due to recent changes in Iraq and the increase in safety among our Iraqi offices, we are now able to post images of the women in our program. Below you will see a collection of women working in our offices, children of participants, and landscape where we work.

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  As women continue to press for individual rights, children are also positively effected by social change.
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  Here, an Iraqi woman proudly displays her store where she sells crafts she learns in the Iraq program.
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  Summer in Iraq brings temperatures well over 100°F; this Iraqi girl is enjoying ice cream on one such afternoon.
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  If a woman is able to raise her own livestock she can earn an income and provide food for herself and family.
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  A woman inspecting her sheep. Sustainable income generation coupled with food production make animal husbandry a good self-employment activity.
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  Keeping shop is both beneficial economically and psychologically; this woman is another example of how women are slowly taking charge of their own economic futures.
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  Roadside vendors are common in Iraq; this woman is displaying an array of goods to sell to passers-by.
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  Unfazed by years of violence, Iraqi villages and towns like this one continue to prosper in pursuit of peace and stability.
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  This Iraqi woman will likely be able to sell this homemade good and earn additional income.
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  As rights for women take hold in Iraqi society again, women are more able to take care of daily responsibilities on their own.
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  WfWI-Iraq participants listen while a trainer lectures during a life skills training session.
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  Books for sale on Al-Mutanabi Street, a popular area for street vending.
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  WfWI-Iraq Income Generation Manager Iptesam Latif holds up a recently purchased book.
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  Iptesam Latif, WfWI-Iraq Income Generation Manager, is interviewed on Al-Mutanabi Street.
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  As Iraqi women learn to excel in different trades, business transactions become more commonplace in their lives.
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  An Iraqi woman takes a quick break from selling candles to smile for the camera.
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  Seen here without her abaya, an Iraqi woman is busy molding candles to sell.