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Kabashi

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2021-11-23
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  1. “Fourthly, I urge the Council to call on the Government of Iraq to ensure accountability for the killing of human rights defenders and civil society activists during the 2019 and 2020 protests and to protect the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. Fifthly, I urge the Council to call on the international community to fund women human rights defenders, their organizations and all civil society representatives and non-governmental organizations that are working to promote human rights, gender justice and the inclusion of women in peacebuilding and sustainable development.”

    2021-11-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8910 (2021) · source

  2. “That includes enacting the anti-domestic violence law, amending the Iraqi penal code and preventing attempts to legislate laws based on sectarian grounds to regulate personal affairs. Secondly, I urge the Security Council to call upon the Government of Iraq to create a national council for women’s empowerment and allocate the necessary budget to implement the national action plan on resolution 1325 (2000). Thirdly, I urge the Council to ensure that the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq prioritizes protection for women’s rights as it supports the Government of Iraq in its judicial and legal reforms in order to protect the rights of women and prevent gender- based violence in line with resolution 2576 (2021).”

    2021-11-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8910 (2021) · source

  3. “As a national feminist movement, we have called on the Iraqi Government to form a national council for women’s empowerment, with the participation of representatives from the Government, Parliament, the Supreme Judicial Council and women-focused civil society organizations, as well as the media. It is necessary to implement the women and peace and security agenda and to invest in Iraqi women’s potential to reform the political process and build a State of equal citizenship and social justice. In conclusion, I urge the Security Council to call on the Government of Iraq to fulfil its duty to provide a legal framework and the necessary mechanisms to protect women and girls and to support victims and ensure their access to justice in line with resolution 1325 (2000) and subsequent resolutions on women and peace and security.”

    2021-11-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8910 (2021) · source

  4. “Stability in my country requires strengthened and gender-sensitive law enforcement and justice institutions, which are essential for fighting impunity, corruption and militarism, all of which negatively affect women’s rights and their participation in promoting social cohesion, reconciliation and peacebuilding. Thirdly, a national mechanism to support the inclusion of women is critical to ensure oversight of adequate resources for implementing Iraq’s national action plan on resolution 1325 (2000). The absence of such a mechanism has contributed to the weakening of women’s participation in decision-making bodies and development programmes.”

    2021-11-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8910 (2021) · source

  5. “The law focuses on providing material compensation to women survivors; however, it does not take the necessary measures to institutionalize psychological health and social services for the survivors and their children. The law also fails to address access to justice for survivors of gender-based violence and their children born to fathers affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Sham (ISIS), particularly in terms of registering their birth and obtaining civil documentation. There are also gaps in Government programmes to ensure rehabilitation and provide support for the reintegration of ISIS families into their local communities, especially women and girls forced to join ISIS or marry their fighters. The delay in resolving the situation of those families makes them into ticking time bombs that threaten peace and social security.”

    2021-11-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8910 (2021) · source

  6. “Those fundamental principles, as well as Iraq’s international legal obligations, require the establishment of national laws and regulations that protect women and girls from gender-based violence in all spheres of society. This year has witnessed the adoption of some encouraging legislation, such as the Yazidi female survivors law in April. That law is part of the transitional justice framework adopted by the Iraqi Government to address the consequences of terrorism and violent extremism and is in line with the content of the joint communiqué signed in September 2016 between the Iraqi Government and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict.”

    2021-11-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8910 (2021) · source

  7. “Secondly, while women’s engagement and increased participation in the electoral process is encouraging, an enabling environment for their participation is also critical, as they still face serious barriers in that regard. During the 2014 to 2021 parliamentary sessions, we advocated for Parliament to pass a law against domestic violence. Despite the existence of a law in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, we did not succeed in adopting such a law in the Iraqi Parliament. That is due to the tyrannical mentality of many Iraqi legislators who reject such efforts because they claim such laws unduly regulate family relations, despite the fact that the Iraqi Constitution guarantees protection from all forms of violence and abuse in the family, school and society.”

    2021-11-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8910 (2021) · source

  8. “The elections resulted in the emergence of new and independent political movements. Moreover, many women candidates received thousands of votes, indicating the general electorate’s support for women’s political participation. The results of the election are expected to raise the percentage of women’s representation in the Council of Representatives to more than 30 per cent. I would like to emphasize the critical role of, and need for, women as active participants in Parliament and in negotiations to form the new Government. Their meaningful representation must also be reflected through an increase in the number of women in ministerial positions in order to ensure gender equality and equal opportunity, as set out in the Constitution.”

    2021-11-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8910 (2021) · source

  9. “First, the elections and the present negotiations to form a new Government are critical both to ensuring women’s meaningful participation and to promoting democracy in Iraq. The early elections in Iraq last month were organized in response to the demands of the peaceful protests that shook the country from October 2019 to 2020. Women played a key role in those protests and defied social norms in order to do so. Protesters were confronted with the excessive use of force, which left more than 100 people dead and thousands wounded. Despite the announced boycott of the elections, they proceeded under the monitoring of the United Nations and the European Union. A total of 3,240 candidates, including 951 women, participated in the elections, competing for the 329 seats in the Council of Representatives.”

    2021-11-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8910 (2021) · source

  10. “As a feminist activist and a defender of women’s rights, I would like to share with the Security Council my growing concerns over the assassinations, kidnappings, assaults, threats of assassination against, and defamation of, feminist activists and human rights defenders that women have faced, particularly during the popular protests in 2019 and 2020, all of which occurred with impunity. Over the past two years, Iraqi women have faced daily challenges in realizing their full, equal and meaningful participation in establishing peace and ensuring protection from violence in Iraq. In my statement, I will focus on three key issues that must be addressed to end this cycle of discrimination and exclusion against Iraqi women.”

    2021-11-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8910 (2021) · source

  11. “My name is Amal Kabashi, I am a representative of the Iraqi Women’s Network, which was established in 2004 as a civil society feminist alliance. The Network includes more than 100 local organizations from all over Iraq. I played a prominent role in drafting the first national action plan for the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) and in preparing the second plan, which focuses on the role of Iraqi women in achieving stability, security and peace, as well as combating terrorism and extremism.”

    2021-11-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8910 (2021) · source