The Situation of Women belonging to Minorities (Articles 2-7):
Despite the constitutional and legal guarantees guaranteed by Iraqi legislation that
prohibit all forms of racial discrimination, however the Iraqi reality still discriminates
against minority women due to the social environment, weak or lack of culture of
rejection of hatred, extremism and racism, and lack of public awareness of gender
issues and women's participation where the taken measures to monitor, prevent and
combat all forms of discrimination against women belonging to minority groups
remain weak and do not rise to the scale of the problem.
The Commission notes here the extent of the violations committed against minority
women, as 1452 women still remain unaccounted for, who have been abducted by
Daesh gangs. These gangs have abducted about 600 Turkmen women and girls from
Tal Afar in Nineveh governorate and Basheer village in Kirkuk governorate and other
areas in the district of Tuz in Salah al-Din. where this category did not receive any local
or international attention to save them or protect those who were liberated as the
military operations progress as there are no programs for rehabilitation at all levels of
health, psychological or social and their communities Still suffer from social shame
that restrict their movement and involvement in society. The Commission noted that
the situation of women from minorities, especially black-skinned, needs more
government attention to education and access to employment. According to the
Commission's indicators, black women suffer from a lack of access to work compared
to other women, as well as Roma women still need protection and access to education
opportunities.
Recommendations:
1. Prompt the Government to support women's organizations working in the field
of dissemination and education, as well as to support the efforts of IHCHR in
the preparation of educational and training programs for the reintegration and
coexistence of Roma communities socially, particularly in housing and
employment, and to increase public awareness of gender issues and building
skills in order to increase women's participation in the labor force.
2. Take measures to monitor, prevent and combat all forms of discrimination
against women belonging to minority groups.
Citizenship and Nationality (Articles 5-7):
The Commission has identified many problems related to the identity documents of
Roma minority and Faili Kurds. There are still difficulties for the Roma citizens to obtain
the unified card, while the Commission has noted many decisions over the Faili Kurds
to redress them and remove the negative effects that they have suffered and we
mentioned below:
1. Application of the Prohibition of the Baath Party, Entities, Activities, Racism,
Terrorist and Decency Act No. 32 of 2016.
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