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Today, Administrator Samantha Power met with Nadia Murad, co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, UNODC Goodwill Ambassador, and founder of Nadia’s Initiative, to discuss support for Yezidis and other survivors of atrocities in Iraq and Syria, women's empowerment, survivor-centered support, and post-conflict development.

On June 29 and 30, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) convened more than 300 business and public sector representatives for its inaugural Access to Finance Conference in Baghdad. The two-day event provided a shared platform for diverse stakeholders to create opportunities for Iraqi businesses to secure funding and boost economic growth in Iraq. As part of the conference, USAID announced more than $1 million in targeted assistance to small- and medium-sized enterprises in Iraq, as well as the establishment of a public-private partnership to build Iraq’s first large-scale industrial gasses separation plant, an eight-figure investment made possible through USAID support. 

The Sinjar Courthouse has been reopened with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). 

Russia's belligerence toward peaceful neighbors and its desire to turn back the clock on decades of development and democratic progress across Europe and Eurasia, as Isobel said, must be met by concerted, united response. That's what we have done up to this point collectively, but the sky's the limit I think on where we take these partnerships in the days ahead.

On his watch, USAID has remade itself to confront the challenges of a new era—complex and interconnected challenges like pandemics, climate change, and transnational corruption—challenges that require new ways of thinking and collaborating across government, creative and strategic problem solving, and a firm belief in the good that United States leadership can bring to the world.