Heartland and Asodeh Conduct an Exceptional Meeting for Women’s Networks and Alliances

Suleimaneya:  HWDS

Sawtoha network for human rights women defenders has participated in the extended meeting that has been conducted by Heartland and Asodeh organizations in Suleimaneya on Sunday, August 5^th, to discuss mechanisms for organizing and defining Women’s networks and alliances in Iraq

The meeting was opened with welcoming speeches from the organizers and stating the purpose of the meeting. Those organizers are the

.(ladies and gentlemen (Khanem Rahim, Donia Mereden, Malak Al-Masri, Salah Al Barzanji and Araz Mohammad

The participants discussed their experiences, the difficulties they face, the effectiveness of the legal framework of the network, the role of the department of governmental organizations in monitoring and evaluation, in addition to the issues adopted by the networks and  alliances according to their respective competencies

The activity ended with conducting four working groups. Each of which identified the strategy to be adopted in the work of the networks and the role of international organizations in supporting their activities, in addition to the need for creating a comprehensive framework that encompasses all groups and unifying the work for the aim of serving women’s issues and human rights

Dr. Nibras Al-Mamouri, President of the Iraqi Women Journalists Forum (IWJF), represented “Sawtoha” network at the meeting, in addition to the active participation of Resolution 1325 coalition, the Arab Union for Specialized Women, the Civil Platform and other feminist networks