Iraq

NGO Contacts

General Arab Women Federation (GAWF )
The organization works to acquaint world public opinion with the conditions of Arab women and their role in building up the society and promotes women's integration in the society to enable
their participation in economic and social development.
Hay Al - Maghreb Mahaela 304 Zuqaq 5/33
Ph # : (964) 422 71 17
Fax #: (964) 421 30 14; 964 425 2372
E-mail: gfiwmail@uruklink.net

Defense of Iraqi Women's Rights (DIWR)
DIWR aims to investigate into the status of Iraqi women with a focus on Kurdistan of Iraq where the absence of supremacy of law resulted in giving way to ancient tribal practices against women encouraged by recent Islamist influences.
Contacts: Yanar Mahmoud: yanar2002@hotmail.com
Khayal Ibrahim: khayal71@yahoo.ca
Sammar Aziz: a.sammar@rogers.com
Website: http://www.equalityiniraq.com/

Iraqi Women's Rights Coalition (IWRC)
The organization is a network of various women’s rights activists and organizations aiming to influence the policy-making of the new Government in Iraq. It aims to ensure that women’s equal rights are secured and a secular constitution is established. The IWRC is proposing the complete separation of Government and religion in Iraq, to establish the only possible chance of secular rule, which is inclusive of all Iraqis, regardless of gender, religion, ethnicity, and political opinion.
Contact Person: Houzan Mahmoud
Ph#: 0044 795 688 3001
E-mail: iraqwrc@hotmail.com or equalrightsnow@hotmail.com
Coordinators:
Houzan Mahmoud - UK-London: iraqwrc@hotmail.com
Aroba Samir - USA: arobasamir@yahoo.com
Halala Rafi - Sweden: halalarafi@hotmail.com
Khayal Ibrahim - Canada: khayal71@yahoo.ca
Layla Mohammed - Australia: layla4@ipirmus.com.au
Equal Rights Now, the fortnightly paper of the IWRC, is available at:
http://www.equalityiniraq.com/iwrc.htm
Website: http://www.equalityiniraq.com/iwrc.htm

Organization for Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI)
The organization's objective is the unconditional freedom of women and full equality among women and men in Iraq. Issues: establishing a humanistic law based upon equality, abolition of all discriminatory laws, separation of religion from state and education, stopping of all kinds of violence against women and of honour killings and stressing on punishment of the murderers of women, abolition of compulsory veiling, children’s veiling and protecting freedom of dress, abolition of sexual segregation in schools at all stages.
Yanar Mohammed, Director and Editor in Chief of the newspaper "Al-Mousawat" (Equality): yanar2002@hotmail.com
Nasik Ahmad, co-founder: naskuk@yahoo.co.uk
Nadia Mahmood - Representative of OWFI abroad (UK): nadia64uk@yahoo.com
Ph#: 0044 789 00 65 933
Equal Rights Now, the fortnightly paper of the IWRC, is available at: http://www.equalityiniraq.com/iwrc.htm -This newspaper features updates on the work of the OWFI

United Nations Contacts

General Federation of Iraqi Women
Executive Bureau
Wazzra-Abitalib SGR Street
Baghdad, Iraq
Ph #: (9641) 422 5006
Fax #: (9641) 212 548 or 213013

New York Permanent Mission

Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations
14 East 79th Street, New York, N.Y. 10021
Ph#: (212) 737-4433
Fax#: (212) 772-1794
E-mail: iraq@un.int