Former MP urges to specify 25% of jobs for women

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The former MP, Alaa al-Sadoun, stated “The law draft of Specifying 25% of the job opportunities to the women is a vital one and we hope to endorse it soon.”

She stated in a press statement received by IraqiNews.com on Tuesday “It is a good issue where we hope the law draft to be endorsed soon due to the exceptional situations that the Iraqi women are facing and this is the duty of the government to support them.”

“The negative issues that Iraq suffered and still suffering from are highly affecting the Iraqi woman,” she added/

“Specifying one USD Billion for the poor families is not enough where we have over two million families run by women,” she added, noting that “Each family will get 100 USD monthly which is not enough for them to cover their needs.”