HAUKARI e.V. is looking for (a) consultant(s) to evaluate the project “Reclaiming Social Media Spaces” – Qualification of young people forthe self-determined use of social media – against violence anddiscrimination –  implemented by our partner, the cultural and socialorganization KHANZAD...

A difficult year is drawing to a close. A year marked by unbearable images of violence and suffering in Israel, Gaza and Lebanon, our own speechlessness and the struggle for words and attitudes in the midst of the polarized debate...

On Thursday, 21.11.2024, HAUKARI e.V. and the Mastura Institute of Applied Science in Psychosocial Work Sulaimania, Kurdistan-Iraq, which we support, will present the discussion paper ‘Contextualisation of Psychosocial Knowledge’ in an online meeting. The paper is based on a series...

A short film by KHANZAD. Judge Rizgar Muhammad Amin speaks here about the possible consequences of an amendment to the Personal Status Law No. 188. Background: The draft law submitted to the Iraqi parliament by a conservative Shiite party provides...

Dear members, friends and supporters of HAUKARI e.V., our annual report 2023 is ready. HAUKARI e.V., as the holder of the DZI donation seal of approval (since 2004), is obliged to publish an annual report on the work of the...

Dear members, friends and supporters of HAUKARI e.V, Today, on 16 March 2024, the anniversary of the poison gas attack on the Kurdish city of Halabja on 16 March 1988, our thoughts are with the victims and survivors. In the...

In Sulaimania on 8 March, International Women’s Day, the Kurdish Gender Equality Award 2024 was presented to Karin Mlodoch from HAUKARI e.V. She was honoured for her more than 30 years of continuous commitment in Kurdistan-Iraq and in particular for...

HAUKARI e.V. supports the appeal of the alliance ‘Hand in Hand’. We want to show that we oppose the shift to the right in Germany and, together with many other development organisations, emphasise the internationalist perspective. After all, democracy is...

The project ‘Improved individual and structural capacity to overcome (S)GBV (Gender Based Violence) in IDP (Internally Displaced Person) camps and host communities in the Kurdistan Region / Iraq’ was carried out as a joint project by HAUKARI e.V. and medica...

Starting a current newsletter with a photo from 1991 is certainly unusual at first. But 1991 also marks the beginnings of HAUKARI e.V…. This is how our newsletter begins at the end of 2023. To the newsletter.

As part of the colloquium series Applied Research, Researched Practice of the Department of Psychology at SFU Berlin together with HAUKARI e.V., Dr. Vilma Duque, Bread for the World Guatemala / Berlin will be a guest on Thursday, 29.06.2023. Information...

Opening of the water project in the village of Kunakotr, Garmian region, Kurdistan-Iraq, May 2023 . In the Garmian region, villagers are leaving their homes, which were destroyed during the Anfal operations in 1988 and rebuilt after 1991, due to...

As part of the colloquium series Applied Research, Researched Practice of the Department of Psychology at SFU Berlin together with HAUKARI e.V., Usche Merk from medico international e.V., Frankfurt/Main will be a guest on Thursday, 8 June 2023. Information about...

Our 2021 annual report is ready. HAUKARI e.V., as the holder of the DZI seal of approval (since 2004), is obliged to publish an annual report on the organisation’s work and finances. The annual report offers all interested parties the...

Interview with Karin Mlodoch in the SODI! magazine ‘WEITWINKEL ’In the 01/2023 issue of the development policy magazine ‘WEITWINKEL’ published by the SODI! organisation, Karin Mlodoch reports on our work with young people in the Germian region in an interview....

Haukari e.V. is a co-signatory of the call “Global solidarity now! End wars, crises and climate catastrophe together!” of the Entwicklungspolitisches Netzwerk Sachsen e.V. Click here for the full statement and the co-signature form. Click here

Karin Mlodoch has published the article ‘Political interests, decontextualisation and colonial mechanisms – on the knowledge transfer of psychological concepts and practices using the example of Iraq’ in the magazine ‘Gesundheit braucht Politik’ of the Association of Democratic Doctors in...

Haukari e.V. is a co-signatory of the appeal “Global solidarity now! End wars, crises and climate catastrophe together!” of the Development Policy Network Saxony e.V. Click here for the full statement and the co-signature form.

34 years ago, the Iraqi government carried out a military campaign against the Kurdish population in the north of Iraq. Thousands of people were abducted, arrested and murdered under the name Anfal. But they have not been forgotten. Their memory...

We show solidarity with women worldwide who are affected by violence and discrimination. We value the work of women and respect their achievements. We continue to stand up for women’s rights and gender equality.

The ‘Project to strengthen civil society and government protection and counselling structures for women in refugee camps and host communities in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq’ concluded yesterday at a joint conference with medica mondiale e. V. , Emma Organisation...

On behalf of Haukari, our employees and cooperation partners, we would like to thank the German Consul General Klemens Semtner for his visit to Garmian on 7 February. His visit included the Rizgary Remembrance Forum project, the Kifri Youth Cultural...

On 21 February, the ‘Peace and Culture Festival’ begins in Kifri, bringing together artists from all over Iraq once again this year. Theatre, concerts, dance performances, discussion panels and cinema will celebrate peaceful coexistence and cultural exchange. The short film...

We will continue our work. THANK YOU for your support! In the night from the 27th to the 28th of January 2022 the office and Youth and Culture Center in Kifri, run by the German based organization HAUKARI, was set...

Our colleague and friend Heike Iggena passed away on 19 January 2022 after a short, serious illness at the age of 57.Heike was a qualified psychologist and psychotherapist, a long-standing HAUKARI member and had accompanied and supported our work for...