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Project Developments – 31 March 2007

Baghdad Hospitals Stretched to the Limit

Under-resourced state hospitals struggle to cope with the carnage from suicide attacks and car bombings.

Mud Schools in Forgotten Land

Enterprising tribesmen, fed up with officials’ failure to address their education needs, build their own makeshift schools.

Kurdish Women Resent New Passport System

A law requiring women to have a male guardian sign their passport application angers women in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Water Crisis Hits Baghdad

Some resort to digging wells as the capital’s taps run dry.

Militants Taking Control of Baquba

Insurgents are increasingly calling the shots in this Sunni stronghold.

A Tribute to Yasin

A courageous and talented journalist, IWPR contributor Yasin al-Dulaimi was recently killed in a roadside bombing.

Kurdistan Bolstered by Influx of Arab Academics

Higher education in Baghdad and other troubled cities dealt a blow as lecturers flee sectarian violence for the Kurdish north.

Energy Crisis Threatens Investment

Investors in Iraqi Kurdistan say escalating fuel costs are trying their patience.

Global Voices: Middle East & North Africa

The sister of Aurelio Cruz López holds a sign used in the search for the young man, who disappeared along the U.S.-Mexico border. © Andrea Godínez

Araceli cries while talking about her brother who disappeared along the border and whose remains were repatriated. © Andrea Godínez

Cecilia Delgado Grijalva is a buscadora (name adopted by mothers and relatives of missing persons who are devoted to finding the remains of their loves ones) and founder of Buscadoras por la Paz (Searchers for Peace), in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

A search for family members gone missing in Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

The portion of Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona where deceased migrants whose remains are not claimed by their families are buried. © © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, forensic examiner at the Pima County morgue, inside the trailer that holds the remains of migrants who perished along the border. © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, a forensic medical investigator in Pima County, holds the skull of a deceased migrant. © Andrea Godínez

Román Coc holds photos of his daughter Laura, who disappeared in the Arizona desert 13 years ago. © Andrea Godínez

A photograph shows Laura Coc (far right), a young woman from Guatemala, posing during a beauty pageant. © Andrea Godínez

There are no statistics on cases of femicide - the killing of women on the grounds of hatred of women, with the acquiescence of the state - in Uzbekistan.

Artwork by Mays Al-Saray.

'Hope of Mother', an organization led by Lisbeth Surita, has registered 48 cases of Venezuelans missing in the border regions.

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