LFIQ support for women’s rights: International Women’s Day message

LFIQ believes that it is essential that full equality between men and women is enshrined in the Iraqi constitution and supports the IFTU and others in their commitment to women’s rights, the basis for all human rights being peace and security.

It is possible that women’s rights will now and at long last start to come to the fore in the wider Middle East and it may be highly significant that, according to the BBC, “Kuwait's parliament has agreed to speed up moves towards a law to grant women the same political rights as men. The decision came amid noisy street rallies by women activists, who were also permitted to watch the debate.”

The UK branch of the Organisation for Women's Freedom in Iraq is organising a vigil at the Iraqi Embassy “For a secular, democratic Iraq - No clerical tyranny” at noon on Tuesday which Peter Tatchell has asked us to advertise here. The Iraqi Embassy is at 169 Knightsbridge London SW7 (nearest tube Knightsbridge)