Opportunities
Volunteering
Volunteering lists tasks where time and skills help. Each task says what it needs and how long it takes.
- Status
- In preparation
- What it offers
- 4
- Courses
- 2
- Country programmes
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Sources
Open scholarly records on this subject, from approved indexes. Listed for reference, not yet reviewed.
- (:Unkn) Unknown (2008). The role of women in civil society, conflict prevention, resolution and reconstruction / Kurdish Human Rights Project. Kurdish Human Rights Project. DOI 10.25673/104068
- Nathalie Tocci, Alper Kaliber (2013). Human rights, civil society and conflict in Turkey’s Kurdish question. United Nations Publications. DOI 10.18356/33e86e2b-en
- Ekrem Eddy Güzeldere (2020). The AKP, Civil Society and Turkey’s Kurdish Question. Conflict Society and Peacebuilding. DOI 10.4324/9780367818050-13
- Michael M. Gunter, Lauren H. Harding (2025). Kurdish Civil Society in the Middle East. Routledge Handbook on Civil Society in the Middle East and North Africa. DOI 10.4324/b23025-15
- The Kurdish Civil Society (2022). Kurds and Their Struggle for Autonomy. DOI 10.5040/9781666998405.ch-4
01What it offers
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Task listings
Defined tasks such as translation, teaching, research and events.
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Skills in Kurdish varieties
Tasks that need speakers of a given variety or script say so.
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Remote and local
Tasks done online and tasks with a local Community Cell.
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Recognition of time
A written record of the work done, on request.
02Who it is for
- Students
- Professionals
- Retired people
- Translators and teachers
03How it works
- Browse
- volunteers look at open tasks.
- Offer
- a volunteer offers time for a task.
- Brief
- the task lead explains the work and the rules.
- Close
- the task ends with a short record of what was done.
04What it always keeps
- Volunteers are never asked to campaign for a party or cause
- Safeguarding checks apply to work with children
- Volunteers never handle member data without a role and training
- No one is pressured to give time
05Courses
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Running a community association
Outline in preparation.
Wave 2 Planned
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Safeguarding for community programmes
Outline in preparation.
Wave 2 Planned
06More in Opportunities
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Jobs
Job posts from employers and partners that the network has checked, in the region and abroad.
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Mentoring
A counsellor pairs people starting out with experienced Kurdish professionals.
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Scholarships and grants
An index of scholarships, fellowships, grants and calls, each with its source and deadline.
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Professional circles
Networks by profession for Kurds in medicine, engineering, law, academia, arts, technology and finance.
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Recognition of qualifications
Information and referrals on getting degrees, diplomas and licences recognised abroad.
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The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Volunteering. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/opportunities/volunteering/
- Chicago
The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Volunteering.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/opportunities/volunteering/.
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07Learn in the Academy
Courses and disciplines of the Academy on the subject of this page.
Courses
Disciplines
A completion record shows what was studied and assessed. It is not a certificate or a qualification.
08Research and sources
Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.
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(:Unkn) Unknown · 2008 · Kurdish Human Rights Project
BookDataCite
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Human rights, civil society and conflict in Turkey’s Kurdish question
Nathalie Tocci, Alper Kaliber · 2013 · United Nations Publications
OtherCrossref
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The AKP, Civil Society and Turkey’s Kurdish Question
Ekrem Eddy Güzeldere · 2020 · Conflict Society and Peacebuilding
ChapterCrossref
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Kurdish Civil Society in the Middle East
Michael M. Gunter, Lauren H. Harding · 2025 · Routledge Handbook on Civil Society in the Middle East and North Africa
ChapterCrossref
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2022 · Kurds and Their Struggle for Autonomy
OtherCrossref
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Chapter Four The Kurdish Civil Society
Mehran Tamadonfar, Roman Lewis · 2022 · Kurds and Their Struggle for Autonomy
ChapterCrossref
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Civil Society and the Transformation of Turkey’s Kurdish Question
Alper Kaliber, Nathalie Tocci · 2010 · Security Dialogue
ArticleCrossref
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De-Europeanisation of Civil Society and Public Debates in Turkey: The Kurdish Question Revisited
Alper Kaliber · 2016 · South European Society and Politics
ArticleCrossref
Sources, licences and fetch dates: Crossref (Metadata facts, any use; abstracts may be publisher-owned and are never shown), 2026-10-23; DataCite (CC0 1.0 (DataCite metadata)), 2026-10-23.