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The obstacles and needs of youth and women in Amedi region

STEP organization for Democracy and Elections in coordination with Amedi Technical Institute, held a seminar for a targeted group of women and youth in Amedi to discuss (The obstacles and needs of youth and women in Amedi region" The seminar consisted of two main panels

Panel 1: Dedicated to the obstacles and needs of youth in the region and was conducted by human rights activist "Dilgash Sadiq" and included:

1-The Economic obstacles presented by Dr. Rebar Fatah, Dean of the College of Management and Economics, Duhok University.

2- The political participation of youth was presented by Dr. Juma Bandi.

3- The government's vision and program to handle the obstacles that face the youth was presented by the Governor of Amedi, Warshin Salman.

Panel 2: Dedicated to the obstacles and needs of women in the region and was conducted by "Sundus" the teacher of the institute and included three topics: -

1- The political participation obstacles for women were presented by Dr. Susan Amedi.

2- 2- The obstacles for women in the society presented by "Chiman Rashid"

3- The Economic obstacles and needs for women: presented by economist "Jagar Mohammed"

The seminar was attended by a large number of representatives and people of the region.