Sulaimaniyah - Erbi, Kurdistan
(Iraq), May 25, -- The civil society organizations and women's
organizations in Kurdistan-Iraq provided today, Thursday, a memo to
the parliament of Kurdistan express their discontents from
marginalization the role of women in the Kurdish government
positions.
Representatives of 45 civil organizations have met in Kurdistan
region with Mr. Adnan Al-Mufti, Chairman of the Parliament of
Kurdistan and Dr. Kamal Kerkuki, the secretary of the parliament and
gave a memorandum with their demands to involve Kurdish women in
senior positions in the government of Kurdistan province.
Demanded women ask for allocating 25% of positions in institutions
of the three legislative, executive and judicial. Women activist
Najeebeh Al-Mahmoud which is responsible of women's projects
development in Civilian OECD said "we will continue in our struggle
to bring pressure on parties and the government to backtrack on the
marginalization of women from the Kurdish administrative posts in
the new government."
In a related context, Kwestan Mohammed Abdullah, a member of the
Committee of Women's Rights in the Kurdistan Parliament said "the
committee is in solidarity with all the demands of women's
organizations." She added, "We also recognized by another memorandum
to the Speaker of Parliament, dealing with the same topic."
Shukria Mohammad Amin, secretary of the Association for Kurdistan
Women said that they work for the "rejection Article 41 of the Iraqi
constitution as a basis for organizing of Iraq's personal law and
the continuing the work with personal law No. 188 of 1959 and work
forward to develop it, to serves personal Iraqis and the family of
Iraq." Added, "We call for increased participation of women in the
executive and legislative power, and we can not be satisfied with
the 25% in the legislative authority because it did not rise to the
level of our ambitions." The new Kurdistan government comprises
three out of four ministerial portfolios distributed to Kurdish
parties.
Adnan Mufti, head of the National Council of Kurdistan (Iraq), who
was talking to the protesters said "the percentage came Thus, that
the process was an unifying process, and each political party has
its point of view and own candidate, and based on this approved the
agreement has been formed as unified Kurdish government. "
He asked the Mufti of the protesters to discuss this matter with the
parties they represent, he said, "We initially with your demands.
But women's organizations should coordinate with parties, because
the names of the ministers come from the political offices of
parties and parliament can not interfere in the affairs of the
parties in this regard. " Top |
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