A seminar on the 1325 resolution and the participation of women in promoting community peace in Diyala province

Diyala:IWJF

IWJF held in cooperation with the Directorate of Youth and Sports Diyala and Provincial Council  on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, a seminar on enhancing women’s participation in conflict resolution and achieving community peace, The seminar reviewed the purpose of its contract and the means to achieve the  goal.

The seminar reviewed the purpose of its contract and the means to achieve the goals. The head of IWJF Dr. Nibras Al- Mamory reviewed the activities of the project, the roles, the target areas and the mechanism of cooperation between the Forum and the local government in Diyala province. She also explained the challenges that women are facing in general, and in Diyala in particular, especially with regard to UN Security Council Resolution 1325, and how to find effective solutions on battered women.

Head of the Women’s Committee in the Diyala Governorate Council, Samira Al-Zubaidi pointed to the problems experienced by women in Diyala, especially what resulted from the terror of the military remnants of war reflected negatively on the economic, social and security.

The member of Diyala Council Khader Muslim welcomed the Iraqi Media Forum, stressing that there are significant shortcomings in the work of women’s group and there must be joint coordination between the Forum and this group to adopt projects and joint activities.

He finally said that they are ready to cooperate and promote participation and community peace. In a statement to a member of Diyala Provincial Council, Eman abd al Wahab stressed that the women’s work in Diyala faces many challenges and that there is no real partnership and there is injustice against the women who are efficient, stressing that there is no desire of the decision-makers to involve them in the negotiations. In cooperation with the Forum and the United Nations.

The Director of Media Diyala Colonel Ghaleb Attieh said that the work of the Women’s Committee in the provincial council is weak and needs more effort, stressing that there is no official data on the abused women in the committee and that most of the work is done by civil society organizations and there must be a coordinator from the Department of non-organizations Government in Diyala. The participants participated in asking questions, interventions and discussions and reached a set of recommendations to be adopted during the project’s march in the governorate.