Al-Halbusi meets UNFPA Representative to Iraq

The Speaker Mohammed al-Halbusi met on Monday the UNFPA Representative to Iraq Dr. Oluremi Sogunro and his accompanying delegation.
During the meeting, both sides discussed the situation of women survivors of violence and the need to provide them with better living conditions in cooperation with the Ministry of Labors and Social Affairs.
The two have agreed to provide those survivors with legal rights and to organize a consultative workshop under the auspices of the Speaker, to be held within 16 days of activism against gender-based violence.
“Women are so important and they are protected by the law and religion,” said al-Halbusi during the meeting. He also asserted the importance of amending the law of the Labors and Social Affairs and the need to ensure the rights of battered women in Iraq.
The Speaker Media Office
15/10/2018