The Center for Women’s Studies has organized a virtual training course entitled (Integrating Gender in Government Policies and Programs) that lasted for two days. Dr. Shereen Muhammad Kazem from the department of sociology at the University of Baghdad, has participated in the first day with a research paper on a (Review of government programs and policies aimed at integrating gender after 2003), in which she clarified the concept of gender and the Iraqi experience in integrating gender into government policies and programs.
Then Assist. Prof. Dina Dawood Mohammed from the department of sociology at the College of Education for Women, studied (The political participation of Iraqi women) by presenting the stages of women’s participation throughout history in political life and addressing the most important challenges facing women in contemporary political life. Also Assist. Prof. Basma Khalil Namiq, from the College of Political Science, participated with a paper on (Gender Budgeting), in which she dealt with enhancing women’s participation in leadership and decision-making in a way that enhances peace-building and maintenance by engaging in influential positions in the security sectors and justice system.
