Location: Baghdad – Iraq
Language: Arabic
Voice: Natural
Duration: 00:04:07
Source: A24
Restrictions: A24 Clients
Dateline: 28-03-2022
Storyline:
Iraqi Al-Amal Association organized a workshop for the Iraqi Women Network; with the participation of women activists in the field of supporting women’s rights, from different specializations, with the cooperation of the British International Oxfam Organization.
The workshop discusses solutions to the suffering of women and enables them to obtain justice, equality, peace, and security.
The discussions concluded with a roadmap that will be implemented in the coming years.
Shot list
(SOUNDBITE) Hana Mahmoud Abbas – Iraqi Women Network:
“First we demand enactment of a law on anti-domestic violence. Second, we want sustainable development and women’s political participation. These are the most important issues we have agreed on today. The purpose of this meeting is to define how to start with the coming parliament, government, and influential actors. We are taking actions to ensure the realization of rights and access to the best services for women in Iraq.”
(SOUNDBITE) Ayat Adham Hussein – Parliamentary candidate:
“We are all from different specializations, ideologies, and ages, gathered here so that we unify our efforts to support women in various issues. We are trying to exert efforts to enact laws in the Iraqi parliament.”
(SOUNDBITE) Tania Kamal – Women’s and Children’s Rights Activist
“There are issues we need to discuss and solve, affect the Iraqis in general such as the issue of corruption, education, and health. As women activists in this field, we were able to come up with a road map to implement in the coming years and we will carry out activities related to these matters.”
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