Farmer, Where Art Thou? Exploring Agricultural Trends in Iraq Amidst Economic and Environmental Crises
The rural districts in the north-center and south of Iraq provide a useful entry point to analyze the decline of the agriculture sector due to conflict, economic, and environmental factors in the country. Utilizing recent microdata, this brief seeks to describe this phenomenon in more detail and the impacts and implications of this recession on rural communities. This then lays the basis to articulate key considerations, rooted in the local and national dynamics found in rural Iraq, to transition to a more sustainable agriculture sector.
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Unwanted Neighbors: Social Environments, Perceptions of Returnees, and Implications for Future Returns and Reintegration
This brief explores the ways in which residents’ perceptions of the returns process for the displaced influence neighborhood dynamics and views on ISIL affiliation and blame.
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“Like A Father Who Doesn't Love His Children”: Institutional Trust, State Neglect, and Prospects for Justice in Post-Conflict Iraq
In exploring the linkages between institutional trust, state neglect, and justice after conflict, this brief details the ways in which low confidence in state response can degrade social cohesion and civic engagement, negatively impacting psychosocial wellbeing over time and increasing apathy toward change processes, including those linked to accountability and redress.
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Also Survivors: The Need for More Gender Inclusive Humanitarian Service Provision for Men, Boys, and SSOGI Survivors of SGBV
Examination of the ways in which men, boys, and individuals who are of diverse sex, sexual orientations, and gender identities (SSOGI) experience sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in conflict and post-conflict settings and the means by which to establish more inclusive humanitarian service provision that addresses their needs without undercutting dedicated support to women and girl survivors.
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Post-Conflict Political Economy in Sinjar: What the Aftermath of Conflict and Historical Neglect Mean for Recovering the Local Economy
Case study on the impact of conflict on the political economy of Sinjar district in Ninewa Governorate. This briefing examines changes in Sinjar’s value chains in the aftermath of ISIL and possible recovery interventions through a mapping of actors, systems, and networks in Sinjar’s agriculture, livestock, manufacturing, and retail sectors.
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Population Return Trends, Protection, and Social Dynamics in Northern Ninewa, Iraq
Uncovering the impact of sudden population returns on social dynamics in northern Ninewa to help shape immediate and longer-term strategies for assistance, protection, development, and reconciliation.
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“Quo Vadis, Ninewa?” Key Social Cohesion Concerns in the Iraqi Governorate for 2018
Overview of key social, political, and security issues to be faced in post-conflict Ninewa. Understanding the complex social fabric of this governorate is critical to ensuring that reconstruction in one of the most heavily ISIS affected areas in Iraq is not simply rebuilding over shaky foundations.
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“We Don’t Want Them Back”: Balancing the Rights of Displaced, Returning, and Remaining Populations in the Aftermath of ISIS in Ninewa, Iraq
Highlighting the competing rights and protection needs of those families still displaced and those who will have to take them back, particularly in regard to those who did not flee at the “appropriate” times or who belong to the “wrong” identity group.
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