Election Conference Educates Women of Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A group listens to a speaker at a women's conference at the al Rashid District Council Dec. 10. The conference was designed to give local women an insight into the new political system. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Kuzma, 55th Signal Company

BAGHDAD, Iraq - More than 100 Iraqi women showed up at the Al Rashid District Council building Dec. 10 to learn all they could about the upcoming national elections.

Topics covered by Khazal Chassib Augla, a Master Trainer of an Iraqi non-governmental organization, included the progress of the Iraqi government, the right to vote, the voting process and what to look for in a particular candidate.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A speaker addresses a group of local women at a women's conference at the al Rashid District Council Dec. 10. The conference was designed to give local women an insight into the new political system. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Kuzma, 55th Signal Company

Task Force Baghdad Soldiers from A Company, 425th Civil Affairs Battalion helped organize the conference and were on hand to observe the proceedings.

The last part of the seminar was a question-and-answer period where Augla fielded various inquiries from the women in the audience.

This was the second elections-based conference hosted by the al Rashid Women's and Children's Committee in the past three months. The first was held Oct. 3 prior to the vote on the Constitutional Referendum.

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Kuzma, 55th Signal Company

Source: Multi-National Force-Iraq