The Kurdish National Congress of North America will hold a conference on Kurdish Women in Greater Kurdistan (Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria) and in the Diaspora. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The conference will be held in Southern Kurdistan and will be focusing on the role of Kurdish women in politics, science, art, and history inside Kurdistan and in Diaspora as well as marginal participation of women in politics. Kurdish Women compose half of the citizens in Kurdish society. Opportunities for women to be represented in political bodies and to have influence in political matters are important yardsticks of democracy and thus an integral indication of social development and democratization processes in the region. Increasing the active participation of women in politics and the representation of women in positions of power remains a crucial and critical step towards obtaining gender balance in Kurdish society. At the same time it is important to examine the “gender” of politics, science, art, and the implications of gender in the political, scientific and artistic aspects of life in Kurdistan. KNC holds the position that true peace, referred to in the peace studies literature as ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Kurdish National Congress of North America will hold a conference on Kurdish Women in Greater Kurdistan (Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria) and in the Diaspora. The conference will be held in Southern Kurdistan and will be focusing on the role of Kurdish women in politics, science, art, and history inside Kurdistan and in Diaspora …<\/p>\n