{"id":250255,"date":"2012-06-22T12:35:03","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T10:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.npwj.org\/?p=250255"},"modified":"2023-08-30T12:52:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T10:52:25","slug":"iraqi-women-as-peacebuilders-committees-activate-landmark-consensus-on-womens-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.npwj.org\/it\/comunicati-stampa\/iraqi-women-as-peacebuilders-committees-activate-landmark-consensus-on-womens-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIraqi Women as Peacebuilders\u201d Committees Activate Landmark Consensus on Women\u2019s Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Baghdad, 22 June 2012<\/div>\n

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In a historic move, five committees representing parliamentarians, activists, ministry officials, academics, judges and experts have reached consensus and developed targeted recommendations to advance the role of women in Iraq.<\/p>\n

Since February 2011, participants in the\u00a0round table series on the Role of Women, Peace, Reconciliation, and Accountability in Iraq<\/strong>\u00a0have worked to identify priorities from among the 64 recommendations put forward at an Irbil conference that convened several hundred women leaders in 2011.\u00a0While several initiatives from the Erbil conference have been implemented, in April, participants organized into five committees to identify specific needs, challenges, and concrete recommendations. \u00a0Meetings since February have convened at The Council of Representatives, Baghdad\u2019s Oil Cultural Center, and Safia Al Zuhail\u2019s Cultural Salon in Baghdad.\u00a0The resulting options papers represent a major step forward for women\u2019s empowerment and gender equality in Iraq.<\/p>\n

The five recommendation papers focus on:
\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Role of Women in Political Leadership and Reconciliation;
\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Building Social, Economic, and Health Security;
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reviewing and Reforming Existing Legislation;
\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Building a Strong Educational System and Reforming Curricula; and
\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fostering a Powerful Voice for Women in the Media.<\/p>\n

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Bakhtiar Amin<\/strong>, founder of the\u00a0International Alliance for Justice<\/strong>\u00a0and one of the Series\u2019 organizers, stated that \u201cparticipants have worked across parties and sectors to activate the first priorities from the Erbil Recommendations.\u00a0This is a major achievement.\u201d\u00a0Similarly,\u00a0William Spencer<\/strong>, Executive Director from the\u00a0Institute for International Law and Human Rights<\/strong>, observed \u201cthe Series has not just moved the Erbil Recommendations forward, but has built bridges across sectors to strengthen and empower the women\u2019s movement.\u201d\u00a0Niccolo Figa Talamanca<\/strong>, Secretary General of\u00a0No Peace Without Justice<\/strong>\u00a0added that \u201cthe time for women and men to advance gender is now.\u201d\u00a0The Round Table Series has been supported by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy.<\/p>\n

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