Tareeq Al-Shaab: No. 110 - Year 70, 24 July 2005
Women’s Picket in Baghdad
Demanding Rights in Constitution
Activists in the field of women rights, representing a number of NGOs, organized a picket in Furdaws Square in central Baghdad on 22 July 2005.
They called for a constitution that upholds citizenship right, the law, equality, ensuring woman’s human rights, banning all forms of discrimination and violence against women, and guaranteeing women participation at no less than 40% in all positions of decision making, and to endorse international covenants and agreements of human rights.
They rejected specifying a limited time for the women participation quota in decision-making positions. They also expressed concern regarding the possibility of bringing back to life Decree 137 in the Constitution.
Posted at August 16, 2005 08:35 AM