Founded in 2003, Women Rehabilitation Organization (WRO) is a non-profit, non-government and independent organization dedicated to working towards the protection and advancement of women’s and child rights and the engagement of men through service provision for all members of societies across Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). WRO supports the needs of Syrian refugee, Iraqi IDP, and Kurdish women, men, and children in prevention and response to sexual/gender based violence (SGBV) and increasing their access to quality economic, protection, food, health, education, shelter and legal services. WRO has become a local and regional expert in protection, SGBV prevention and response, economic empowerment, and integrated programming. WRO has over a thirteen year history of collaborative work at the national, regional and international level working with organizations such as UNDEF, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNIDO, UNOPS, UNFPA, IRC, the Global Fund, WVI, Global Medic-Canada, German Government, ASODH, UN Women, Japan Government, IFA, DRC, NDI, LWF, IRI, Global Affairs Canada, US Embassy regional reconstruction and Provincial teams and the Iraqi Civil Society Program Organization.

WRO has delivered over 50 projects and initiatives focused on SGBV prevention and response, psychological MHPSS and physical health, formal and non-formal education, capacity building, protection, wash, legal, advocacy, livelihoods, political and economic participation, voter and democratic awareness, peace-building, stabilization and reconstruction. WROs efforts have shed light locally and internationally through awareness raising and advocacy on many important issues such as mainstreaming gender based violence GBV across all sectors, sexual violence in conflict SVC, and other issued related to marginalized groups rights in Iraq through initiatives that directly impact tens of thousands of families each year. In partnership with UN agencies, international organizations and governmental bodies, WRO has been able to meet the needs of Syrian refugee, IDP, host communities by providing them with lifesaving services and developmental support services. WROs programming aims to increase livelihoods through economic empowerment, prevent GBV through awareness campaigns and provide women and girls who have survived SGBV and GBV and provide psychosocial support to help to heal from the psychological distress, and rediscover hope and retain dignity.

WROs vision is built on the principles and believes in collaborate and collective action of civil society, international organizations and individuals to advance every woman and child affected by conflict access to social justice,  be free from gender inequality in their societies, and live free from threat of violence or discrimination. WRO believes in investing in the communal needs of refugee, IDPs and host communities to forge social cohesion.

Their mission is to act in communities affected by conflict where all members of society are made vulnerable to sexual violence, economic disempowerment and lack of education, WRO advocates for the advancement and protection of women and children’s rights.They work to strengthen the capacity of all women and children, regardless of ethnicity, to become equal and empowered members of society