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D'Souza, Baroness
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My Lords, I thank the Minister for his Answer. It seems that women are suffering disproportionately from violence in Iraq: they fear to go to the market without male protection, there is strong pressure for women—even Christian women—to wear veils and domestic violence appears to remain unaddressed. It would appear that prisons are the only place for women to go, but recent reports of repeated abuse and rape by guards from the Al Kazima prison in Baghdad, where 200 women are incarcerated, does not give cause for comfort. Furthermore, the recent appointment of women MPs by the Government in Iraq is not necessarily representative of the minorities in that country. Does the Minister agree that it would be of great humanitarian value to set up women’s refuges? Can he also say whether any of the considerable amount of money allocated for reconstruction in Iraq has been spent on political training for women MPs so that they can be more effective in their campaigns against violence?
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his Answer. It seems that women are suffering disproportionately from violence in Iraq: they fear to go to the market without male protection, there is strong pressure for women—even Christian women—to wear veils and domestic violence appears to remain unaddressed. It would appear that prisons are the only place for women to go, but recent reports of repeated abuse and rape by guards from the Al Kazima prison in Baghdad, where 200 women are incarcerated, does not give cause for comfort. Furthermore, the recent appointment of women MPs by the Government in Iraq is not necessarily representative of the minorities in that country. Does the Minister agree that it would be of great humanitarian value to set up women’s refuges? Can he also say whether any of the considerable amount of money allocated for reconstruction in Iraq has been spent on political training for women MPs so that they can be more effective in their campaigns against violence?
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Baroness D'Souza
(Crossbench)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
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Answered on
6 July 2006
My Lords, first, because there is no statistical track through the Saddam period, it is very hard to disentangle whether things are very much worse, although I am inclined to the view that that is probably the case. We think that the idea of refuges is a strong one and I know that a delegation on this recently went to Wales to look at experience there. Secondly, we are working very hard, including with women MPs, to develop institutionally the rights of women. We want to make sure that there is capacity building in the human rights areas affecting women and the development of civil society, which is often a great bastion of protection and development for women, and also capacity building within civil society organisations. A good deal of the investment and effort is going into the three prongs of that approach.
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Development aid; Women; Human rights; Iraq; Violence; Refuges; Women's rights
Date
6 July 2006
Reference
684 c355
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House of Lords chamber
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House of Lords
What steps they are taking to help prevent the oppression, abuse and murder of women in Iraq by religious factions.
What steps they are taking to help prevent the oppression, abuse and murder of women in Iraq by religious factions.
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Baroness D'Souza
(Crossbench)
Answered by
Lord Triesman
(Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
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For answer on
6 July 2006
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6 July 2006
My Lords, we are helping the Iraqi police and security forces to develop the capacity and ability to protect all members of Iraqi society. We are also raising the awareness of the role of women in society in Iraq through dialogue with the Iraqi Government and the promotion of Iraqi civil society groups. We welcome the recent Iraqi constitution, which includes protection of women’s rights. The constitution must lead to appropriate legislation.
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Iraq; Women's rights
Date
6 July 2006
Reference
684 c355
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House of Lords chamber
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House of Lords
Lords debate on unstarred question on what Her Majesty's Government are doing to meet their obligations as a party to the United Nations Convention Against Torture.
Lords debate on unstarred question on what Her Majesty's Government are doing to meet their obligations as a party to the United Nations Convention Against Torture.
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Baroness D'Souza
Answering member
Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Department
Department for Constitutional Affairs
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Questions for short debate
Legislation
Criminal Justice Act 1988
Subjects
Admissibility of evidence; Asylum; Detainees; Deportation; Army; Intelligence services; Human rights; European Convention on Human Rights; Immigration; Iraq; Inhuman treatment; National security; Prosecutions; Peacekeeping operations; Terrorism; Treaties; Torture; USA; Zimbabwe; Special Immigration Appeals Commission; UN Convention against Torture
Date
12 October 2005
Reference
674 c356-77
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House of Lords chamber
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House of Lords