UN mission urges the involvement of women in the upcoming government of technocrats
07/03/2016
12:11
{Baghdad} Euphrates News urged the deputy head of the UN mission in Iraq, George W. Posten, the Iraqi government on the involvement of women in the next technocrats lineup, and to apply the women's national action plan.
According to Posten , in a speech during the celebration of the House of Representatives on the occasion of International Women 's Day that " the empowerment of women as fundamental accountability, and still women bear a large burden and exposed to human rights violations and are still struggling to lay the rights and freedoms, he important to us all," he said . " the Iraqi government has taken a big step approval by the national action plan of the United Nations on women, and we congratulate the government of this achievement must invest this plan because women have an indispensable role, which is involved with politics and civic life. "
He stressed" the need to protect them from violence, and I urge the Iraqi government to fulfill their obligations about the national plan, it also encourages the government to make the pioneering role of women in decision - making and the formation of a new government of technocrats and women must play a key role positively. "
He stressed that" the United Nations will continue to work to achieve this goal. https://alforatnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=110734