The Kurdistan Women's Union, with the intention of preparing for its third congress, held a general conference in the city of Baghdad on March 13, 1972, and the date for holding the congress was set1. After the preparations were completed, from April 27 to 29, 1972, the congress was held at the People's Hall in the city of Erbil and the Salahaddin Hotel in the town of Pirmam, Erbil Governorate, under the slogan (For the sake of implementing autonomy for Iraqi Kurdistan), with the attendance of 121 delegates from all branches of the Kurdistan Women's Union2.
In the continuation of the congress's work and activities, the High Administrative Board was elected by the congress delegates as follows:1- Zakiya Ismail Haqi
2- Atiya Ahmed Jawad Jaf, known as the mother of Yasin
3- Intisar Ali Fayli
4- Soraya Muhammad
5- Fakhriya Haidar, known as Fakhriya Fayli
6- Fawziya Shawkat Rashid, known as Fawziya Shawkat Katani
7- Sabriya Ahmed, known as Sabriya Mam Ahmed
8- Sinem Khan Bedirkhan
9- Kurdistan Shawkat Rashid, known as Kurdistan Shawkat Katani.
10- Faiqa Khafaf
11- Sabiha Tahir Fayli
12- Aqila Abdulqadir Suleiman, known as Aqila Rawanduzi
13- Nazanin Fakhri
14- Nabiha Mahdi, known as Nabiha Fayli
15- Bahiya Maruf, known as Bahiya Sheikh Maruf Barzinji
16- Latifa Sadiq
17- Najat Mahmoud Mahwi
18- Sabiha Mahdi
19- Amina Muhammad
20- Parwin Ali Muhammad Biuk
21- Khairiya Arif
Also, the reserve members of the High Administrative Board were:
1- Kurdistan Ali Abdulaziz
2- Hamdiya Sabir
3- Pakhshan Khafaf
4- Anjum Abdullah Muhammad, known as Anjum Zuhdi
5- Ismat Aziz.
On April 29, 1972, the High Administrative Board met and elected the following for the High Leadership:
1- Zakiya Ismail Haqi - President
2- Soraya Muhammad - Vice President
3- Fawziya Shawkat - General Secretary
4- Intisar Ali - Treasurer3.
After the conclusion of the congress, on Friday, April 28, 1972, at the headquarters in Haji Omaran in the Erbil Governorate border area, President Mustafa Barzani welcomed all the foreign guests of the congress and the members of the leadership of the Kurdistan Women's Union4.
Sources and footnotes
1- Dr. Vian Suleiman, Kurdistan Women's Union (Background, History of Establishment, Bibliography of Congresses), First Edition, (Erbil - Shahab Printing House - 2023), p. 115.
2- The Third Conference of the Kurdistan Women's Union, Al-Ta'akhi Newspaper, Issue 1015, Baghdad, Al-Times Press, Saturday, April 22, 1972, p. 4; The President of the Republic delegates Professor Muhammad Mahmoud Abdulrahman to sponsor the Kurdistan Women's Union Conference, Al-Ta'akhi Newspaper, Issue 1020, Baghdad, Al-Times Press, Saturday, April 29, 1972, p. 1; Elections of the High Administrative Body of the Kurdistan Women's Union, Al-Ta'akhi Newspaper, Issue 1022, Baghdad, Al-Times Press, Monday, May 1, 1972, p. 5.
3- Elections of the High Administrative Body of the Kurdistan Women's Union, previous source, p. 5.
4- Barzani receives the delegations participating in the Kurdistan Women's Union Conference, Al-Ta'akhi Newspaper, Issue 1018, Baghdad, Al-Times Press, Saturday, April 29, 1972, p. 1.