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Kurdistan Region-Iraq News in brief
24.5.2007
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May 24, 2007 - Sulaimaniyah,
Erbil, Duhok, Kirkuk, Kurdistan Region (Iraq)
Women leaders program launched in Erbil
Erbil, -- A program for women leaders in
northern Iraq, which aims to increase Iraqi women's
participation in the decision-making process, was
launched on Thursday.
"The program was implemented in coordination with a
local development team and the U.S. Development
Agency for Local Government Programs, and with the
participation of members from municipal councils and
Iraq's Kurdistan’s National Council," Mirwan Ali, a
member of the organizing committee for the program,
said.
Outlining the objectives of the program, Ali said
that it aims to enhance the abilities of Iraqi women
within the public sector and to provide a mechanism
for increasing awareness of their rights.
"The program is directed at women working in the
national council, municipal councils, ministries,
general departments, syndicates and government
institutions," Ali explained.
"The program will organize conferences and workshops
on the policies and laws that affect leading women,
and the construction of a women's research
institute," said Ali, noting, "coordination with
women's organizations at the national and
international levels and the use of the media to
highlight women's role in the public sector are also
aims of the program."
The program includes the five northern Iraqi
provinces of Kirkuk, Erbil, Duhok, Sulaimaniyah and
Mosul.
11 persons arrested in Zakho on charges of
infiltration at borders with Turkey
Zakho,-- Eleven persons were arrested by the
security border forces in Zakho, Duhok province,
while trying to infiltrate to Turkish territories, a
security source said on Thursday.
"Eleven civilians were captured Wednesday evening
near Iraq's Kurdistan borders with Turkey while
trying to enter Turkish territories illegally,"
Captain Mahmoud Farhad from the border forces in
Duhuk province, said.
The persons were arrested near Qarola village near
the Turkish borders, the source added.
"They are Iraqis from Mosul city," he added, noting
they admitted that they were trying to enter Turkey
and then to reach Europe from there.
Farhad said "the age of the detained people was
ranging from 25 to 28."
Duhok is the third province within Iraq's Kurdistan
region. It is in the far north of Iraq. It has
borders with Turkey in the north and with Syria in
the west.
VOI
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