About Us

People’s Development Organization, hence as PDO, which was once called People’s Development Association, is a fully independent, non-profitable, works in the field of civil and social development based on its belief in human rights and women's rights,On 10/10/2007, worked as a people's association,also received a license from the Ministry of Interior with the Law of the Office of NGO organize, received license by 11/4/2013 from DNGO. In addition, On 22/7/2020 PDO received a work permit from the Iraqi government as an independent spiritual person to carry out for working in Kurdistan and Iraq.

Our Activities

All of our activities are under the umbrella of our two programs, The Protection Program and The Development Program with considering our strategy.

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  • Development Program
  • Protection Program

Our Core Strategy

Strategy #1

Promoting human rights and advocacy for women rights.

Strategy #2

Promoting political participation, with special focus on women.

Strategy #3

Combating violence, with special focus on women.

Strategy #4

Establishing peace.

Strategy #5

Development of freedom of expression and a special focus on women in media.

Strategy #6

Culture development.

Strategy #7

Living conditions and income distribution.

Crosscut Strategy

Strategy #1

Improvement of social justice.

Strategy #2

Improvement of economic conditions.

Strategy #3

Promoting voluntary work.

Strategy #4

Establishing contacts with all academic institutions.

Strategy #5

Promoting relations all NGOs which have similar strategies.

Our Vision

Building a society, where human’s rights and equal rights for women and youth are protected.

Our Mission

PDO, works to advocate for women and girls in leadership, peacebuilding, and environmental awareness areas. It provides services for gender-based violence survivors (men and women) in social, legal, health, and mental health fields.

Our Team

As team athletes, we know that sustainability does not work on its own. That's why we created the "Our Team for a better World" platform..

Bahar Mundhir Othman

General Director ...more

Rozha Hassan Salih

Development Program Manager ...more

Aram Tofiq Hamasaiid

Protection Program Manager ...more

Avin Sdiq Hassan

Finance Manager
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Contact Us


Our Address

Grdy Andaziriyan, Zone 01 , Ally 05, S 37,House. 16, Sulaimani City, Kurdistan , Iraq

Email Us

info@pdo-iraq.com

Call Us

053 319 47 27