This Congress began its proceedings on March 12-14, 2007, in the city of Erbil, under the slogan (Developing women's capabilities for the sake of building an equal society), with the attendance of 175 Delegates1.

By the Congress Delegates, a new executive committee was elected as follows:

1- Dr. Kurdistan Abdulrahman, Known as Kurdistan Mukriyani

2- Sabiha Ahmed Mustafa

3- Sana Yaqub

4- Mahabad Muhammad Amin

5- Teacher Nazdar Asaad Muhammad Amin

6- Nawroz Izzadin

7- Media Hassan Hussein

8- Jula Haji Omar

9- Kosar Karim.

Three candidates were also elected as reserves by the votes of the Delegates:

1- Jwan Kamal

2- Vian Mayi

3- Roza Abdullah2.

In the meeting of March 18, 2007, the executive committee elected Dr. Kurdistan Mukriyani as the new Secretary of the Kurdistan Women's Union3. Also, the terms related to the organizational structure of the Kurdistan Women's Union underwent changes, and the branch was changed to the Governorate Council, the district to the District Council, and the organizational committee to the Sub-district Council, and six councils were established in the governorates of Erbil, Kirkuk, Duhok, Sulaymaniyah, Mosul, and Baghdad4.

Sources and footnotes

1- With the attendance of Fazel Mirani the Sixth Congress of the Kurdistan Women's Union began, Khabat newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, issue 2436, Erbil, Tuesday, March 13, 2007 AD, pp. 1, 13; Jula Haji, The Sixth Congress of the (K.W.U) is a congress of developing women's capabilities, We magazine, organ of the Kurdistan Women's Union, issue 1, Erbil, Aras Agency, December 2007 AD, p. 4.

2- Jula Haji, previous source, pp. 5-6.

3- Election of the new Secretary of the Kurdistan Women's Union, Khabat newspaper, organ of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, issue 2442, Erbil, Monday, March 19, 2007 AD, p. 4.

4- Jula Haji, previous source, p. 6.