The March 11, 1970 Agreement paved the way for the activities of the mass organizations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. Due to this opportunity, the Kurdistan Women's Union became a member of the General Federation of Iraqi Women as an independent entity. Thereafter, to organize its affairs in the new situation and circumstances, the Kurdistan Women's Union, like all other mass and professional organizations, needed to hold a Congress.
The preparatory committee for the First Congress set September 25, 1970, for the First Congress, and on this day, the Congress was held at the headquarters of Branch Five of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the city of Baghdad, where a leadership of twelve people was formed, in such a way that three delegates were designated for each of Baghdad, Kirkuk, and Sulaymaniyah. For each of the administrative bodies of Baghdad, Khanaqin, Kirkuk, and Sulaymaniyah, nine members and three alternates were elected. However, due to the absence of their delegates, no one was elected from Erbil and Duhok, and it was decided that their administrative bodies would be designated later. At the Congress, Zakiya Ismail Haqi was elected Secretary1 and lawyer Fawziya Murad was elected Deputy Secretary. This Congress was held in the city of Baghdad2.
The Executive Committee consisted of the following:1- Prashang Muhammad Mamand
2- Teacher Darakhshan Hafid
3- Anjum Abdullah Muhammad, known as Anjum Zuhdi
4- Teacher Narmin Osman Hassan
5- Sabriya Ahmad Qadir, known as Sabriya Mam Ahmad3.
The delegates of the First Congress elected the High Administrative Board of the Kurdistan Women's Union as follows:
1- Zakiya Ismail Haqi - President
2- Sajida Muhammad - Vice President
3- Munira Qazzaz - Treasurer
4- Payman Jiawk - General Secretary
5- Fakhriya Sa'dullah - Member
6- Hasiba Qazzaz - Member
7- Suad Ahmad Maki - Member
8- Bahija Muhammad Ali Qazi - Member
9- Zakiya Ali - Member
10- Pakiza Jalal - Member
11- Nazanin Fakhri - Member
12- Qumriya Muhammad Abdullah - Member
13- Sarwa Osman Saeed - Member
14- Khadija Abdulkarim - Member4.
Sources and Notes
1- Women of Kurdistan, Brayati Magazine, Issue 7, Year 1, Second Volume, Baghdad, mid-October 1970 AD, p. 31; Gulnam Mahmoud Mustafa, History of the Struggle of the Kurdistan Women's Union, Part 6, Khabat Newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Issue 718, Wednesday, March 23, 1994 AD, p. 7.
2- Kurdistan Women's Union December 11, 1952, (Erbil - Secretariat Office of the Kurdistan Women's Union - 2010 AD), p. 20.
3- Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board, transcript of an interview with Narmin Osman Hassan, May 1, 2018.
4- The Kurdistan Women's Union holds its first conference in Baghdad, Al-Ta'akhi Newspaper, Issue 560, Baghdad, Dar Al-Jahiz Press, Saturday, October 10, 1970 AD, p. 3.