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ألمانيا
- Democracy and community development
- Gender
- Human rights
- Media
- Youth and education
Promoting human rights and supporting the democratic reconstruction of Iraq belong to the main goals of WADI. WADI strives to combat violence against women and struggles to improve the social and economic status of women in the Middle East.Therefore the organization is working with local women, has established centers to help women, dispersed mobile teams to deal with women’s health, and initiated literacy campaigns. WADI also supports marginalized groups, such as prisoners and Internally displaced people (IDP's) . Additionally WADI’s programs aim to encourage and to empower local NGOs, democratic organizations and women's networks.
In the beginning of the 1990s, WADI supported reconstruction and resettlement programs for displaced people in Northern Iraq as well as emergency programs. Since 1995, WADI has mainly supported long-term projects.With the help of WADI shelters for Women in Distress were established in Suleymaniah, Arbil and Mosul. Focusing on long-term empowerment of women and democratic reconstruction of Iraq , WADI supports several independent women centers in Halabja, Hauraman and the Garmyan region. Since 2003, WADI is campaigning against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Northern Iraq. In 2005, WADI has helped to launch a free community radio station in Northern Iraq.