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Human Rights issues are a
primary point in the agenda of most of
Al-Amal’s activities
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52,200 signatures were
collected on a petition entitled "sign and
implement" at the 50th anniversary of the
international declaration of human rights in
1998 accompanied by a series of seminars and
press conferences.
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In December 2002/January 2003,
AL-Amal organised 9 seminars for the
students of Salah Adeen and Sulaimaniya
Universities under the title: "Combating
Violence and Promoting HR Culture".
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A mobile theatre was formed in
Arbil Governorate in 2005/2006. The plays
dealt with the abuses of human rights and
were performed in districts, collective
towns and a number of villages.
·
Al-Amal completed in Najaf and
Diwaniya a programme of training called
“Human Rights is the Responsibility of All”.
The programme, which lasted for
two
months from 1 April 2007, was carried out in
21 schools in the two Governorates and aimed
at training 41 teachers in the principles of
Human Rights. The teachers then trained
1,200 students in these schools.
·
In the mid-August 2007, Iraqi Al-Amal
Association and Baghdad Women Association
completed the project “Peace Building
through Training on Conflict Resolution and
Democracy”. The principle components of the
project included training in conflict
resolution and peaceful networking, building
civil dialogue and promoting culture of
peace and building democracy amongst youth
and women. During the project, which lasted
for 4 months, 25 workshops were organised in
Baghdad, Kerbala and Kirkuk. 625
beneficiaries from both sex, and different
age groups and backgrounds participated in
the training.
