Baghdad -

This year's Women's Day is no different from previous years for the Baghdadi woman, Umm Hussein, who lost her husband, a construction worker, since 2009 and does not know now whether he is alive or dead.

Umm Hussein, 44, who is the breadwinner of 4 children, told Al Jazeera Net that "the celebration of Women's Day is for women who are financially and morally empowered, not for the poor and needy," noting that her main concern is paying the rent of the house, which amounts to 300,000 Iraqi dinars ($206), at a time when she receives A monthly stipend from the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of 110,000 dinars ($75), which is not enough for her children, the eldest of whom is now in middle school.

Um Hussein works as a cleaner in a kindergarten in her area of ​​residence, near Rusafa, from the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, with a monthly salary of 150,000 dinars ($103).

For her part, A.A. - an employee of a private company - says that the economic openness towards the private sector did not take into account the activation of the role of women.

She adds to Al Jazeera Net that despite the low rates of their participation in working within private sector companies, they receive varying salaries estimated at between 750,000 dinars (517 dollars) to one million dinars (689 dollars), with a monthly social security deduction of about 23 thousand dinars (15 dollars).

A.A. identifies problems faced by women working in the private sector, including harassment and not listening to their development ideas.

Sana Muhammad: We seek to transfer knowledge to female workers in the private industrial sector to develop their entrepreneurial ideas (Al-Jazeera)

Women's Empowerment

The Iraqi government pays great attention to supporting the status of women through objective and systematic plans through what is known as the "Tamkeen" project, which is one of the most important pillars and a decisive factor for empowering them in various fields, given that economic empowerment is a major factor in eliminating poverty and ignorance, in addition to its contribution to building the society.

The Assistant Director-General of the Department of Industrial Development and Organization in the Iraqi Ministry of Industry and Minerals, Eng. Sana Muhammad, revealed that there are 12,500 female employees in all industrial companies, while the percentage of female workers in the ministry is 60% of the total volume.

And she adds - to Al Jazeera Net - that "the ministry is working to implement its role within the national plan for the agenda of women, security and peace for UN Security Council Resolution No. 1325 through the axes of women's programs in the plan for the reconstruction of liberated areas that Iraqi forces recovered from the grip of the Islamic State and supporting women's projects in the public sectors." She also revealed the role of her department in transferring knowledge to female workers in the private industrial sector to develop their entrepreneurial ideas.

Sabah Al-Tamimi: Banking institutions managed by women are more profitable and less corrupt than their male counterparts (Al-Jazeera)

Banking work

And women in managing banking risks are better than men, says former Iraqi parliament member, Dr. Sabah Al-Tamimi.

Sabah Al-Tamimi considers, in statements to Al-Jazeera Net, that the role of women in the banking institution has proven a great success due to its successful marketing and management, in addition to the high percentage of female graduates from government and private colleges with banking departments, which contributed to a greater presence for them in banking institutions.

The former parliamentarian pointed out that "women in the banking sector are more bold in taking decisions than men, as banking institutions achieve profit and stability and are less corrupt under women's management than men's," according to her opinion.

Nawara Qabbani: Iraqi women have proven success in several fields, by reaching the highest positions (Al-Jazeera)

For her part, the economic journalist Nawara Qabbani says that Iraqi women have proven success in several areas, by reaching the highest positions. She notes in this regard, Naziha Al-Dulaimi, one of the pioneers of the Iraqi feminist movement and the first woman to become a minister in the Arab world, as she held the position of Minister of Municipalities in 1959.

And Nawara Qabbani adds - in her speech to Al Jazeera Net - that Naziha Al-Dulaimi adopted a plan to distribute the lands of a suburb in southeast Baghdad to farmers displaced from southern Iraq, to ​​bear the name of the city of revolution, then turned to the name of Saddam city during the era of the late President Saddam Hussein, and after 2003 it became Sadr City is called the main stronghold of the followers of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr.

At the international level, women were of a very high position, as Nawara Qabbani talks about the late architect Zaha Hadid, who left an imprint in most countries of the world through her engineering designs.

Rawaa Al-Jaf confirmed that women holding diplomas will continue to demonstrate until they obtain their constitutional rights (Al-Jazeera)

In the same context, the representative of the Watan Gathering for graduate degree holders, Dr. Rowa Al-Jaf, revealed to Al Jazeera Net the high unemployment rate among women, especially graduates, and their lack of participation in service and economic activities, as well as the absence of equal opportunities due to nepotism that tops the file of government jobs, according to her opinion.

On the grounds that rights are taken and not given, Al-Jaf affirms the continuation of graduate degree holders, especially women, to demand their constitutional rights despite using the most horrific methods to suppress their voice.

Bahra Ke Redi revealed the high percentage of women working in the private sector within the Kurdistan region of Iraq (Al-Jazeera)

kurdish women

The journalist, "Bahra Khe Redi" - for Al Jazeera Net - talks about the percentage of women's representation in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, as there are two ministers in the current government formation of the region, while her presence in the rest of the ministries is as an advisor.

As for the legislative authority, it was headed by a woman represented by Dr. Riwas Fayek with her second deputy, Mona Kahwagi, and the number of women parliamentarians was 33 out of 111 deputies.

The Kurdish journalist revealed that the percentage of women working in the private sector within the region has increased since 2019, especially in beauty and fashion centers, adding that "women have a remarkable presence of 25% within the region's military institution."

The social researcher Shahrazad Al-Abdali says that the partisan dominance of governments after the US invasion of the country in 2003 eliminated the role of women in economic development.

In her speech to Al-Jazeera Net, Al-Abdali believes that governments did not pay much attention to the role of women, unlike what they were in the eighties of the last century, in which they demonstrated a successful presence in all fields, and expressed their concern about an ambiguous future awaiting the role of women in Iraq if the policy of marginalization continues.