On the occasion of women’s and mother day, the Electricity  and Employees Workers Union Basra, in cooperation with the General Federation of Iraqi Workers in Basra (GFIW) held a ceremony on Monday, March 22 to celebrate this occasion. The celebration was attended by the President of the GFIW in Basra brother. Hussein Fadel Hassan , brother. Mohsin Mulla Ali, Executive Member of GFIW in Basra and brother, Mr. Ali Hashim, General Secretary of the Mechanic Workers Union

The opening ceremony, participants read the national anthem, then sister Lamya Ibrahim Khalil read the union statement. The union statement referred to the on going struggle of women in the Arab world and across Iraq in particular. Sister Ibrahim highlighted the challenges facing women at the moment in keeping achievements Iraqi women have won over the last 6 decades of prolonged struggle. 

At the event a number of women and men were honoured for their commitment to the ongoing struggle for  women’s rights by the head of the Union in Basra sister Hashemyia Al Sadawi. The event ended with poetry and music.

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23 MARCH 2010

Workshop in Britain On Women and the Constitution
The Iraqi Women

Tareeq Al-Shaab: No. 110 – Year 70, 24 July 2005
Women

Iraqi Women Fight for Rights in the New Constitution
Tareeq Al-Shaab: 4 August 2005
Iraqi Women Call for Guaranteeing Women Rights in the Constitution
A meeting of women was held on Tuesday )2 August 2005) at the Convention Centre in Baghdad, and the following statement was issued at its conclusion:

Kurdish women make a stand
By John Lloyd
Financial Times: May 15 2005
Dr Ariana Alazajani, an obstetrician and professor of medicine at Arbil University in Iraqi Kurdistan, has a number of reasons to be cautious about her future in post-war Iraq. One reason is because she is a Kurd, another is because she is a woman.

Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU):
News Release:
SUBJECT: IFTU celebrates International Women’s Day
Every year, women across the globe celebrate International Women’s Day on 8th March, a day of global struggle and solidarity for women’s freedom and equal rights.
The IFTU executive committee issued a statement today saying:
“We celebrate International Women