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Involving Iraqi Women in ReconstructionWednesday 16 July 2003
You may remember earlier in the year we discussed the difficulties for women in this country who are in exile from Iraq of getting home to join in discussions about the reconstruction of their country.

Today there's to be a meeting of the Iraqi ruling council who will elect a leader - it's believed of the 25 members 2 or 3 will be female.
So where are women in any future administration now - and are the Americans and British fulfilling their obligations under the UN rules to ensure that women are properly represented in post conflict rebuilding?
Nazaneen Rashid from the Iraqi Refugee Aid Council, Housan Mahmoud from the Iraqi Women's Coalition in London and Patricia Hewitt, the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and Minister for Women, has just returned from a women's conference in Iraq. They join Jenni to discuss.

BBC News: Iraq after Saddam


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