The Ninth Congress of the Kurdistan Women's Union was held on January 21, 2023, in the city of Erbil.
On June 14, 2023, after a meeting of the Secretariat of the Kurdistan Women's Union and the Bureau of Mass Organizations of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, the decision to hold the Ninth Congress of the Kurdistan Women's Union was made, and a preparatory committee for the congress was formed for this purpose.
After the completion of preparations, on January 21-22, 2023, in the city of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, under the slogan (Women's strength and ability is the foundation of peace and economic progress), under the supervision of President Masoud Barzani and the presence of the honorable Masrour Barzani, Vice President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and with the presence of (142) members, from those comrades who met the criteria stated in the internal regulations, as well as those who gained the trust of the members in the local conferences and represented all the organs and organizations of their organization, the Ninth Congress of the Kurdistan Women's Union was held.
The Congress Management Committee consisted of:
1- Snawbar Sabir - Committee Chair
2- Nask Saeed - Committee Member
3- Nafsia Khizr - Committee Member
4- Shayma Mustafa - Committee Member
5- Bandi Khalid - Committee Member
6- Azhin Khurshid - Committee Member
7- Asia Maghdid - Committee Member.
The congress committees were designated as follows:
General Report Committee:
1- Shilan Faraj
2- Fatima Fikri
3- Gulan Hassan
4- Halaz Abdulrahman
5- Halaz Anwar
Complaints Committee:
1- Shad Rizgar
2- Kajal Hidayat
3- Aya Ali
4- Sarwin Ghazi
5- Ruwaida Hasib.
Proposals and Recommendations Committee:
1- Lavan Shakhawan
2- Shahin Omar
3- Nigar Mahmoud Namiq
4- Azhin Luqman
5- Saya Hiwa
6- Zhvan
7- Bafrin.
Regulations and Program Committee:
1- Ziba Taha
2- Fazila Shorsh
3- Lahijan Rashid
4- Chian Mahdi
5- Khoshi Salih
6- Hawarga Karim
7- Sarwa Barzinji.
After the opening ceremony and the reading of the organization's general report and the report of the assigned committees, the committees' reports were discussed on the morning of the second day of the congress, and the draft program and internal regulations were prepared, and the committees' observations were approved after discussion by the members.
On the afternoon of the second day, elections were held to determine a new body for the Secretariat of the Kurdistan Women's Union. The election process was conducted by a judicial team consisting of: Judge Tarza from the Supreme Judicial Council Presidency, Hawar Muhammad, representative of the Oversight and Follow-up Board, and the election commission team and the elections department.
In that process, which was conducted based on the geographical circle and the Kurdistan Democratic Party organization bureau in the provinces, (7) candidates as main members and (3) other candidates as reserve members of the Secretariat gained the trust of the congress members. Among this body, Ziba Taha was elected as the new Secretary of the Kurdistan Women's Union.
The successful members of the Secretariat were:
1- Ziba Taha
2- Dalvin Khalaf
3- Lia Saifaddin
4- Shanaz Muhammad
5- Zari Nawzad
6- Kajal Hidayat
7- Suham Salam.
Reserve members of the Secretariat:
1- Rezhin Siamand
2- Dalvin Shamal
3- Shad Rizgar.
In the end, the congress awarded four former secretaries of the Kurdistan Women's Union with a certificate of appreciation1.
Source and Notes1- All this information is taken from: Dr. Vian Sulaiman Haji, Archive of the Ninth Congress of the Kurdistan Women's Union (Women's strength and ability is the foundation of peace and economic progress).