The women under representation in the government and parliament
Shafaq For the Iraqi women role society Shafaq met the woman media Sara al-Zubaidi, and made this dialogue:…
*What is your assessment of the reality of Iraqi women now?
- Iraqi women are still marginalized, and did not take their required role in the stage of democracy, and the low representation in the government and parliament, proves that.
* Then ,where do you place the Iraqi women compared to women of the region?
- Iraqi women made long strides in the march of struggle for freedom compared with those in the region, but they have less rights and privileges than what they are enjoying .
* How do you see the role and rights of women in Kurdistan Region?
- Women's rights in the Kurdistan Region is better than the rest of the governorates of Iraq, and that is what we saw through our permanent presence in the region.
* Who are the parties that bear the responsibility of the role of women marginalization in various aspects of life?
- I think that the customs and tribal traditions as well as the currents and religious extremist movements contributed in the marginalization of women major role in Iraqi society.
*What solutions to be taken to give women their natural rights and to consolidate its active role in Iraqi society?
- I think it is necessary to activate the laws of the Iraqi Constitution in terms of freedom of opinion and full exercise of women's rights, as equally as the case with men .
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