Barzani: KRG expresses full support for women

Shafaq News / Kurdistan’s Prime Minister, Masrour Barzani, on Monday offered his warmest congratulations to the women of Kurdistan and the world on the International Women's Day.

"We appreciate the struggle of Kurdish women to achieve equality and social justice,…the participation of Kurdish women in the liberation movement of the people of Kurdistan and facing oppression, injustice and occupation is an honor." Barzani said

He added that the Regional Government has expressed its “full support” for the woman’s capabilities in the society and government institutions in the framework of defending human rights in general and the rights of women in particular to “eliminate violence, establish principles of equality and fight all forms of gender discrimination."

Barzani concluded, "Glory to the eighth of March, the International Women's Day," wishing Kurdish women "success in their struggle."