politics

16:00

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Spokesperson Ebru Günay held a weekly press conference. “This ruling party causes Turkey to lose,” she said.

08:55

Due to social pressure, women’s participation rate in politics is very low in Palestine. “But 65 percent of Palestinian women want to take part in politics. We started a program on women’s rights and more than a thousand women participated in it,” Amna Hamid said.

14:46

Women, who won seats in Iraq’s parliament, state that they will keep their promises and that they can influence the political cycle in Iraq.

12:50

Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has announced the results of Iraq's early parliamentary elections held on October 10. 97 women won seats in Iraq’s parliament, according to the commission.

12:00

Morocco celebrates the National Day of the Moroccan Women on October 10. “Moroccan women have achieved significant gains by struggling. They got seven ministries in the last elections and this is a great success for women,” said Omayma Achour, the president of the Jossour Forum for Moroccan Women.

16:28

Êzidî Freedom and Democracy Party (PADÊ) held an election rally in Shengal for the upcoming Iraqi general elections. Semir Şêx Derwiş, a candidate of the PADÊ, made a speech and called on Yazidis to support the party.

10:47

Iraq will hold general elections on October 10. Iraqi women demand the candidates care about their votes and focus on works for women.

13:02

Former football player Rabab Ailal was elected as MP in the general elections held in Morocco on September 8. “I will use all my rights to defend women.”

12:33

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has announced the final declaration of its Democratic Local Governments Conference held in Ankara. “We are democratizing Turkey and paving the way for the freedom of the Kurdish people!” the HDP says in the final declaration.

15:25

Iraqi general elections will be held on October 10. While many groups call for boycotting the elections, independent candidate Ronak Mecid, who says she has many projects about health, education, and the environment, calls all people in Iraq to cast their votes.

11:44

The Ministry of Interior has shared the statistics on the parliamentary elections held in Morocco on September 8. The statistics show that the number of women in parliament increases. The number of women serving in the Moroccan Parliament increased to 24%, the women held 20 percent of seats in the parliament between 2016 and 2021. We spoke to female politicians in the country about the increase of women’s representatives in the parliament.

10:27

Two persons, who introduced themselves as police officers, tried to forcibly enter the house of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Adana MP Tülay Hatimoğulları. Today, a press statement on the attempted attack will be issued.

09:30

Yesterday, the Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP) announced the “A Call For Democracy, Justice, and Peace” declaration after visiting many cities in Turkey. “A perspective without women is doomed to fail,” HDP Batman MP Ayşe Acar Başaran says women will be the pioneers of the new life

13:18

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has announced its “A Call For Democracy, Justice, and Peace” declaration. In the released declaration, the HDP says, “We want to change the Executive Presidential System” and declares that they are ready for negotiation.

12:48

General elections will be held in Libya on December 24. The upcoming elections are important for ending the conflicts in the country. Libyan women are carrying out campaigns to support female candidates.

12:00

Parliamentary elections will be held in Iraq on October 10, 2021. While candidates have carried out their electoral campaigns and asked people to vote for them, the people don’t believe the candidates because they didn’t keep their promises in the previous elections. The women of Sulaymaniyah are reluctant to cast their votes in the elections.

14:48

On October 10, Kurds, Arabs, Turkmens, Shiites, Christians, Muslims and Yazidis will cast their votes to determine the fate of their country. 83 ballot boxes have been already placed in 18 provinces of Iraq for the upcoming parliamentary elections. These elections will be different for Yazidis because “Voting is important for the Yazidi community for the first time.”

15:15

Nabila Rmili of the National Rally of Independents (RNI) has been elected as the new mayor of Casablanca on Monday (September 20) with 105 votes out of 130 and she becomes the first woman mayor of the financial capital of Morocco

11:34

People of Iraq will cast their votes in upcoming parliamentary elections. Şirin Abdula, an independent candidate in Kirkuk, says she will work for women if she is elected, “Everyone should cast their votes.”

10:40

Nisan Al-Zayer is a candidate running for the Iraqi parliamentary elections to be held in the country on October 10. “Women make a difference in electoral campaigns. They will exceed the determined electoral threshold.”