From October 27 to 30, 2001, with the presence of President Masoud Barzani, the Fifth Congress of the Kurdistan Women's Union was held in the Media Hall of Erbil city, under the slogan (Freedom and equality for women builds a happy and advanced society)1, with the attendance of 383 delegates2.
During the activities of the congress, by the members of the congress, a new body for the Executive Committee of the Women's Union was elected, which consisted of:
1- Shirin Amedi
2- Jamila Haji
3- Sabiha Ahmed Mustafa
4- Zakiya Salih
5- Media Hassan Hussein
6- Jwan Suleiman
7- Suham Hakim Ali
8- Jiyan Hamad Asaad, known as Jiyan Koyi
9- Bayan Tofiq Ali
10- Shawnam Najmadin Ali
11- Khanzad Karim Khan
12- Rokhosh Faraj Muhammad
13- Sabriya Babakir
14- Parshang Muhammad Abdullah, known as Parshang Kirkuki
15- Ghazala Muhammad Salih
16- Chiman Rashid
17- Jula Haji Omar.
Reserves of the Executive Committee:
1- Amina Zikri Saeed
2- Nazdar Asaad Mahmoud, known as Nazdar Barzani
3- Widad Gharib
4- Jiyan Agha Tajdin3.
Sources and footnotes
1- Final Communiqué of the Fifth Congress of the (K.W.U), Dengi Afret Magazine, organ of the Secretariat Bureau of the Kurdistan Women's Union, Issue 25, Erbil, Ministry of Culture Printing House, February 2002, p. 8; The President Barzani sponsors the Fifth Conference of the Kurdistan Women's Union, Khabat Newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Issue 1050, Erbil, Friday, November 2, 2001, pp. 1, 7.
2- Register of IDs of the Fifth Congress of the Kurdistan Women's Union, Erbil, 2001, pp. 1-91; Hawzhin Hama Rashid, The Fifth Congress of the Women's Union ended successfully with the election of a new leadership, Brayati Newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Issue 3526, Erbil, Tuesday, October 30, 2001, p. 1.
3- Hawzhin Hama Rashid, previous source, p. 1; The President Barzani sponsors the Fifth Conference of the Kurdistan Women's Union, previous source, p. 1.