The Eighth Congress of the Kurdistan Women's Union was held on September 3, 2018, under the slogan (Empowering Women for an Advanced Society), titled (National Congress), at the Martyr Saad Abdullah Hall in the city of Erbil, with the attendance of 166 representatives1.

On September 4, 2018, four committees on bylaws and programs, the general report, complaints, and recommendations presented their reports to the congress representatives, and subsequently, a new body for the Secretariat was elected by the votes of the representatives2.

At the conclusion of the proceedings, the congress representatives elected a new body for the Secretariat as follows:

1- Vian Sleman, Secretary.

2- Narin Abdulqadir, member of the Secretariat.

3- Ziba Taha, member of the Secretariat.

4- Zuhayla Yusuf, member of the Secretariat.

5- Peyman Taha, member of the Secretariat.

6- Dalvin Khalaf, member of the Secretariat.

7- Shayma Mustafa, member of the Secretariat.

8- Naska Saeed, member of the Secretariat.

9- Ayhan Adnan, reserve member of the Secretariat.

10- Dilxwaz Ajil, reserve member of the Secretariat3.

Source and footnotes

1- Today the Women's Union holds its eighth congress, Khabat Newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, issue 5582, Erbil, Monday, September 3, 2018, p. 1.

2- Statement of the Eighth Congress of the Kurdistan Women's Union, Khabat Newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, issue 5586, Erbil, Sunday, September 9, 2018, p. 2.

3- Mahabad Qaradaghi, A report on the Eighth Congress of the Kurdistan Women's Union, Shikar Magazine, Kurdistan Women's Union Institute for Social Issues, issue 25, seventh year, Winter 2018, p. 205.