News Iraq Employment: Iraq: Employment Rights for People with Disabilities
Both federal Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have laws setting a minimum quota of 5 percent of public sector jobs for people with disabilities. A representative from the Iraqi Federal ...
News Iraq Employment: Iraq approves record $153bn budget aimed at creating jobs
Iraq’s parliament has approved a budget of 198.9 trillion dinars ($153bn) for 2023 that sets out record spending on a growing public wage bill and development projects to improve services and rebuild ...
News Iraq Employment: Iraq and Afghanistan veterans can’t find jobs, while other vets and civilians gain work
War veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan struggle to find jobs despite nationwide unemployment reaching a 50-year low last month. The unemployment rate for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans rose from 3.9% to ...
News Iraq Employment: Digital Skills Could Boost Women’s Employment in Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon: Study
A study by researchers from the World Bank, Texas A&M University, and Lahore University of Management Sciences finds that digital skills and technology use are strongly linked to higher employment chances for women in Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon. The research suggests digital tools could help reduce barriers such as childcare constraints and limited mobility, potentially boosting women’s participation in the region’s workforce.
News Iraq Employment: Iraq’s al-Maliki signals his intent to stay in job
BAGHDAD (AP) — Despite mounting pressure to step aside, Iraq’s Nouri al-Maliki vowed Friday not to abandon his bid for another term as prime minister and pledged to stay on until the Sunni militants ...
News Iraq Employment: Iraq’s New Job Insecurity
In Iraq, it is big news when a Shi’ite leader extols the virtues of Sunni fighters. But that is what happened just a few days ago, on Dec. 21, when Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, the leader of Iraq’s largest ...
News Iraq Employment: Turkey’s expanding militarized zones in Iraq raise fears of invasion, frustrate civilians
For decades, Turkey has fought the PKK, a Kurdish separatist movement that's considered a terror organization by the U.S. The rebel group has sought refuge in northern Iraq. The Turks have established ...
News Iraq Employment: A Bad Start to the New Year for U.S. Troops in Iraq | Opinion
As far as the United States military is concerned, the men and women in uniform have done their job. It's time to acknowledge success and bring them home.
