Dialogue session to discuss reality of human rights and women in Iraq

01-06-2022

 

on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, At the invitation of the Italian Embassy, Tammuz Organization for Social Development took part in the Dialogue session entitled (Respect for Human Rights and Women’s Rights in Iraq), which was held at the Italian Cultural Center on Al-Mutanabbi Street.

His Excellency the Italian Ambassador in Iraq, several embassy members, and figures representing the government side attended the session, including the families of the victims and representatives of local and international civil society organizations.

During the session, they discussed the reality of women’s rights in Iraq and the most important challenges that women have been facing, and what are the possibilities for change. The session also discussed the importance of enacting a law on protection from domestic violence, especially with the high frequency of violence directed against women besides women’s political involvement and the challenges accompanies such involvement.

Our colleague, Tammuz ‘s representative, Ms. Enas Jabbar, emphasized, during the session, on the need to speed up the legislation of a Law on protecting Human Rights Defenders, which has become an urgent need nowadays to protect an appropriate environment for work, particularly for female defenders who have been subjected to threats and defamation.

 

 

Media Office

Tammuz Organization for Social Development

1 June 2022

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