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Founding Statement
National Network to Combat Violence against Women in
Iraq
We, the undersigned group of Civil Society
organizations working for women and advocating
women's rights pursuant to Iraqi constitution and
international conventions, hereby announce the
establishment of Nuhud Iraqi Women's Network. The
establishment of the network comes following about
two years of joint work, cooperation and
coordination to reach common view and deeper
understanding to women issues particularly violence
against women and girls in Iraq.
Founding organizations agreed to act independently
and refrain from association with any political,
religious or ethnic affiliation and set as its top
priority advocating women's rights and protecting
women from all forms of violence. The network
announces the beginning of implementing its agenda
and work plan to support women in all aspects of
life based on voluntary and participatory
contribution from its members without resorting to
any form of financial support from any local or
international organization during the first year of
its work.
By adopting putting pressure on the government to
fulfill its commitments and obligations set forth in
international conventions and agreements ratified by
the Government of Iraq, as well as monitoring
national legislations to ensure they are in line
with the text and contents of those international
conventions, Nuhud network works according to its
program focusing on active partnership to identify
appropriate mechanisms to ensure respect to the
rights of women and girls when setting out public
policies and government plans and budgets in
addition to laws and legislations at the parliament.
To achieve these objectives, the network shall use
all forms of civil activism with focus on producing
and disseminating annual reports identifying all
abuses against the rights of Iraqi women and sharing
those reports with all concerned parties at decision
making levels with the aim of ensuring respect of
women's rights and women's status as equal citizen
and active partner in all aspects of life.
We must applaud here in our founding statement the
efforts exerted by all experts, both women and men,
who have supported and continue to enrich with their
expertise and experience our work and efforts to
establish Nuhud network. Our network replies in its
organizational structure on an advisory board of 12
members of specialized experts whose expertise cover
all topics of The Beijing Platform for Action which
we use as roadmap for our program in addition to
SCR1325 and other subsequent UN resolutions in
relation to women, peace and security.
March 8, 2011
Baghdad-Iraq
Network Founder Organizations:
-Women Leadership Institute, Baghdad
- Baghdad Women Association, Baghdad
- Sada Al Zahraa Women Organization, Baghdad
- Women Development Organization, Najaf
-Iraqi Women Association, Najaf Branch
- Taqwa Association, Basrah
- Al Qurna Center, Basrah, Al Qurna
- Asuda for Combating Violence against Women,
Sulaymaniyah
- Women Empowerment Organization, Erbil
-Awan Organization, Diwaniyah
- Bint Al Rafidayn Organization, Babil
- Iraqi Women Foundation, Missan
- Sawa Human Rights Organization, Muthanna
- Itana Organization, Duhok
- Ajyal Organization, Diyala
- Yezidi Social and Cultural Center, Mosul
- Iraqi Human Rights Institute, Kirkuk
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