The Republic of Iraq’s Embassies and Consulates Abroad Celebrate International Women’s Day

Iraqi embassies and consulates worldwide celebrated the International Women’s Day, on March 8th 2021.
The heads of the missions gave speeches in which they emphasized the role of Iraqi women for decades in building society, making great sacrifices in raising their families and progress in their work, in addition to the prominent role of women in the advancement of society in difficult times that the country went through.
They also Emphasized the Iraqi government’s efforts aimed at empowering women and enhancing their role in various aspects of political, economic and social life, adding that the Ministry has placed the issue of supporting women in the diplomatic corps as a priority by giving them opportunity to assume leadership positions, participate in making important achievements for the Ministry.
Noting that the Iraqi women have suffered a lot from pointless wars, crimes by ISIS terrorist groups, and subjected to the most heinous crimes by these groups.