Ms. Al Aboud provided a reading of the humanitarian challenges women face today in Iraq and called on the international community and humanitarian agencies to intensify efforts in support of women and girls and to engage with the women parliamentary committee as well as for the creation of a national women machinery and strong representation in the government.
In the context of the humanitarian crisis, Ms. Qasas also stressed the urgency to respond to the immediate needs of displaced women and girls and provide them with targeted livelihood and protection support particularly in the newly liberated areas, and briefed on UN Women’s programmes to this end.
Ms. Qasas also urged those in presence to support the leadership role of women and support leverage their voices in national reconciliation and countering extremism and to support the creation of a national women machinery to replace the abolished women ministry.
(Source: UN)
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