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islamicbeauties · 3 years ago

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Zekra Alwach, the mayor of Baghdad from February 2015 until September 2020.

#Zekra Alwach #Baghdad #Iraq #Politics

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djikk · 7 years ago

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Est ce Conakry sera de la partie ? Conakry ne doit plus être un gouvernorat mais plutôt une Mairie. Montréal au Canada 🇨🇦 accueillera cette semaine les maires des grandes villes du monde, dans le cadre du 12e congrès Metropolis, organisation dont le président est le maire de Montréal, Denis Coderre. Plus de 140 maires et 1000 délégués locaux et internationaux, des élus, des experts, des urbanistes, des gens d'affaires, des entreprises publiques et privées et des ONG se donnent rendez-vous au Palais des congrès, du 19 au 22 juin. Ils échangeront sur les grands défis mondiaux: les changements climatiques, la sécurité, l'amélioration de la mobilité, et le leadership métropolitain, entre autres. Parmi les participants à ce sommet, on remarque la mairesse de Paris, Anne Hidalgo, le maire de Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, la mairesse de Bagdad, Zekra Alwach, et le maire de Tel-Aviv, Ron Huldai. Créée à Montréal en 1985, Metropolis permet aux villes membres d'échanger sur la gouvernance et l'innovation, ainsi que sur la mise en oeuvre de projets de développement durable environnemental, économique, social et culturel.

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wondermonde · 10 years ago

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Baghdad's first female mayor set to take the reins

A woman has been named as mayor of Baghdad for the first time, a government spokesman said Saturday, amid widespread corruption and rampant violence.

Zekra Alwach, a civil engineer and director general of the ministry of higher education, becomes the first female to be given such a post in the whole country, where international rights groups have condemned women's rights abuses.

As mayor -- the most important administrative position in the capital -- Alwach will deal directly with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and holds has the prerogatives of a cabinet minister.

She will begin work Sunday, according to a municipal source.

"Abadi sacked the (former) mayor Naim Aboub and named Dr Zekra Alwach to replace him," government spokesman Rafed Juburi said.

Aboub's removal was not designed as a punishment, although he was regularly accused on social media and by Baghdad residents as incompetent, the spokesman added.

He made headlines in March 2014 when he described his city, beset by brutal sectarian violence and rife with corruption, as "more beautiful than New York and Dubai".

"Aboub is a clown. Abadi should have sacked him from the start," said Yasser Saffar, a Baghdad baker. "All his statements were ridiculous."

Alwach's appointment is a breakthrough for gender equality in Iraq, where rights groups say discrimination and violence against women is widespread.

According to a UN report last year, at least a quarter of Iraqi women aged over 12 are illiterate and just 14 percent enter the world of work.

Baghdad is currently plagued by car bombings and sectarian killings, and militants from the Islamic State group have seized much of Anbar province to the west, menacing the capital.

more at : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-2962943/Baghdads-female-mayor-set-reins.html

#gender equality #Zekra Alwach

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islamicbeauties · 3 years ago

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