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  1. “I call on the Security Council, instead of sending troops, to assist Iraqis in rebuilding their homeland, to send experts and to train young Iraqi men and women to contribute to fighting corruption and building a sound State. The Security Council should urge Iraq to ensure women’s participation in political decision-making and their place at the negotiation table.”

    2023-05-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9324 (2023) · source

  2. “UNAMI should also prioritize regularly engaging with Iraqi civil society so as to ensure that its views inform the Mission’s work throughout the country. UNAMI must provide the necessary support to the Government of Iraq to enable it to carry out judicial and legal reforms, protect women’s rights, support women’s organizations and prevent all forms of gender-based violence, in line with all relevant Security Council resolutions. Finally, the Security Council should urge the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and UNAMI to provide detailed analyses on women and peace and security issues in all upcoming briefings and reports to the Security Council, pursuant to resolutions 2122 (2013) and 2242 (2015). In conclusion, I would like to say that Iraq is currently in the process of being built.”

    2023-05-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9324 (2023) · source

  3. “On the renewal of UNAMI’s mandate, the United Nations has a vital role to play in supporting and advocating for the protection and advancement of women’s human rights and gender equality and their full, safe, equal and meaningful participation in peace and political processes within Iraq. As the mandate for UNAMI is renewed, it is essential to strengthen its role in advancing any issues related to the women and peace and security agenda. I strongly encourage the Security Council to be explicit in calling on the Mission to support women’s participation in all political and decision-making processes by monitoring and reporting any violations or retaliation against women human rights defenders or other women leaders.”

    2023-05-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9324 (2023) · source

  4. “It is not enough to only increase the number of women in decision-making positions — they must also have meaningful influence over the outcomes of such processes and negotiations. Simply put, without women at the table, political decisions will remain the preserve of men and fail to meaningfully reflect women’s rights and needs. I therefore call on the Security Council to pressure the Iraqi Government to establish a national mechanism for women, whether it is a council or a ministry, with competent human resources, and to allocate a budget that can adequately implement the second national action plan for the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000).”

    2023-05-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9324 (2023) · source

  5. “I also urge the Council to call on the Government of Iraq to provide gender-based violence survivors with robust access to shelters, including shelters operated by non-governmental organizations. That includes ensuring survivors’ access to psychosocial support, justice and legal services, as well as economic empowerment and opportunities for a safe future. Finally, we call on the Iraqi Government to implement the Yazidi female survivors law, approved in March 2021, and to allocate a budget for it. As for women’s political participation, today 29 per cent of the members of the Iraqi Parliament are women, and the Cabinet includes three women ministers, including the Minister of Finance. While that is a positive first step, political parties lack the genuine political will to ensure the meaningful participation of women in all processes.”

    2023-05-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9324 (2023) · source

  6. “For women to have their due status in all decision-making processes across the country, the violence must end. I therefore urge the Security Council to call on the Iraqi Government to take all necessary measures to protect girls and women from all forms of gender- based violence and to support access to justice for survivors. That requires adopting the long-overdue draft anti-domestic-violence law, amending the penal code and preventing the interpretation of the personal status law on sectarian grounds. Adopting the anti-domestic-violence law could provide an important solution for the thousands of Iraqi girls and women who are increasingly exposed to gender-based violence on daily basis.”

    2023-05-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9324 (2023) · source

  7. “This sharp increase in gender-based violence is occurring against a backdrop of impunity for perpetrators and lack of access to services, legal protection and justice for survivors of gender-based violence. Without protection from violence and freedom from discrimination, women cannot engage fully or equally on a political, social or economic level. The prevalence of gender-based violence violates not only women’s basic human rights, as guaranteed by international standards outlined in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, ratified by Iraq, but also Security Council resolutions on women and peace and security, which, for more than 20 years, have emphasized the important linkages between protection and participation.”

    2023-05-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9324 (2023) · source

  8. “With regard to legal protection from violence against women, discrimination and violence against women in Iraq are now widespread. Hardly a day does go by without reports of women being killed, maimed or targeted by their own family members, simply because of their gender. Gender-based violence has increased by 125 per cent to over 22,000 cases between 2020 and 2021, and more than 75 per cent of those at risk of such violence are women and girls. The crime rate is very high, and the brutal nature of these crimes is of grave concern. “Honour killings” of women for transgressing social norms, early and forced marriage and incest are also widespread across the country.”

    2023-05-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9324 (2023) · source

  9. “In recent months, we have witnessed campaigns against them in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq simply for having used the term “gender.” The precarious situation of Iraqi women, coupled with social and economic inequality and the alarming and inadequate representation of women in decision-making processes, means that the space for women to fully and freely exercise their rights is highly restricted. The current situation of women and girls in Iraq should deeply concern us all. My statement today will focus on how the international community can effectively address four key issues: first, legal protection from violence against women; secondly, women’s political participation; and thirdly, the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).”

    2023-05-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9324 (2023) · source

  10. “I am grateful for the opportunity to brief the Security Council this morning on the situation of women and civil society in Iraq. I am Khanim Latif, representative of Asuda for Combating Violence against Women, an Iraqi non-profit organization that strives to achieve gender equality, eliminate gender-based discrimination and end all forms of violence against women. In 2002, our organization established the first independent shelter for survivors of gender-based violence in Iraq. The current situation in Iraq is characterized by widespread violence against women in all fields, including the targeting of women human rights defenders.”

    2023-05-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9324 (2023) · source