The study investigates the push factors of violent extremism and addresses the approaches that have been taken to prevent it in KRI.
This research highlights the importance of the civic approaches to the prevention of violent extremism (PVE) and Civil Society Organizations should pay more attention on it.
Hence, Peace and Freedom Organization works to achieve this goal in Iraq and the Kurdistan region. This study is a part of a research project that is conducted by the Peace and Freedom Organization within the Iraqi Observatory for the Prevention of Violent Extremism (OPEV-Iraq) in partnership with the international NGOs Un Ponte Per (UPP) and International Institute for Nonviolent Action (NOVACT), funded by the Agencia Catalana de Cooperacio al Desenvolupament (ACCD) and by the Generalitat de Catalunya.