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On Jan.27, 2022, the Iraqi Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs signed with France an agreement to support safe havens in Baghdad and women’s protection centers. The ministry stated in... Read more
The Women and Child Committee held a session on 20/1/2022, headed by the committee’s chairperson, MP. Enaya Ezz El-Din, and in the presence of Representatives: Rola Al-Tabash, Adnan Trabouls... Read more
The Coalition of Women MPs from Arab Countries to Combat Violence against Women and the Westminster Foundation for Democracy organized the second roundtable on opportunities and challenges f... Read more
Laila ben Khalifa and Hunaida Tumia are the only two women running for presidential elections among 98 candidates. After the presidential elections, the country will witness parliamentary e... Read more
On Jan.4, 2022, The Council discussed the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and National Security, regarding: A draft law to add a new article No. (318 bis) to the Penal Co... Read more
The House of Representatives convened for 5 days to discuss constitutional amendments recommended by the Legal Committee at the House of Representatives. These amendments are part of a packa... Read more
In a press conference on Dec. 7, 2021, H.E. Abeer Al-Jbour, Chairperson of the Women and Family Affairs Committee indicated that the plan of the committee for the ordinary session is to work... Read more
More than a thousand Sudanese women took to the streets on Thursday to denounce the phenomenon of rape, after the United Nations reported receiving 13 reports of sexual violence that occurre... Read more
On Dec. 22, 202, the office of the Supreme Religious Authority, Ali Al-Sistani[1], condemned the phenomenon of underage marriage in the Iraqi society. This came as a number of questions rega... Read more
The Coalition of Women MPs from Arab Countries to Combat Violence against Women, in cooperation with the Westminster Foundation for Democracy office in Algeria, held a virtual session entitl... Read more