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Conflict and Stabilization Monitoring Framework: Nineveh Province

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The Conflict and Stabilization Monitoring Framework (CSMF) is a data collection tool directly from Iraq’s conflict-affected communities using over 100 indicators tied to core conflict and stabilization themes: governance; reconciliation and justice; social cohesion and wellbeing; rule of law; safety and security; and climate change. The CSMF establishes a robust evidence base for peacebuilding in Iraq using systemic, longitudinal data. The data provides nuanced insights that can inform efforts to mitigate violent conflict and sometimes challenges commonly held assumptions about barriers to peace.

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A microcosm of Iraq’s social mosaic, Nineveh is home to Christians, Yazidis (Ezidis), Shabaks, Kaka’is, Kurds, Turkmens, and both Sunni and Shia Arabs. These communities have undergone intense disruptions and violence since the rise of ISIS in 2014. Despite the territorial defeat of ISIS, many remain displaced from towns and villages across the province, unable or unwilling to return to their homes. The complex interplay of political and security factors in ISIS’s wake has also contributed to intercommunal tensions between ethnoreligious groups. Since 2018, USIP collected seven waves of data, the latest of which is in March 2023, from communities across Nineveh representing a total of 5 out of 9 districts  (varies across the rounds).

Interactive Data Dashboard*

This interactive dashboard visualizes data waves 4, 5, 6, and 7 which were collected in October-November 2020, May-June 2021, November-December 2021, and March 2023, respectively. Waves 4-6 cover Hamdaniya, Sinjar and Tal Afar districts; starting wave 7, Mosul district was added. Data is collected on the themes of Governance; Reconciliation and Justice; Social Cohesion and Wellbeing; Rule of Law; Safety and Security; and Climate Change.

The top filter on the left allows for selection by the data wave and the filter below it allows for disaggregation by five categories: district; subdistrict; ethnoreligious group at district level; gender at district level; and urban/rural classification at district level.

*Select questions from the CSMF themes are visualized. For the full data, see the “Raw Data” section below.

Technical notes:

  1. For the purpose of keeping visuals simple, the following response categories are not represented for some questions: “question not asked or skipped,” “refused to answer,” “do not know,” and “not concerned/not interested/neutral.” Please refer to the raw data excel file for this information.
  2. Slight discrepancies between the two percentages that appear in the tooltip (which appears when hovering over a visual) are due to answers not represented (see note one). The percent outside the parentheses reflects the raw data while the percent inside the parentheses reflects the percent of total answers included in the visual.

Raw Data