Zekra Alwach
Zekra Alwach is the current mayor of Baghdad. Alwach has a PhD in civil engineering, was the director general of the Ministry of Higher Education, and is regarded as highly skilled technocrat. Alwach reports directly to the Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi. In her only interview with an English-language publication Alwach talked about the challenges of governing a war-torn city, the weight of responsibility she feels to succeed and the struggle for women’s rights in Iraq.[1]
References
- ↑ Baghdad’s Trailblazing Female Mayor Zekra Alwach Faces Tough Times Ahead, Glammonitor.com, 2015-7-8
External links
- Zekra Alwach becomes Baghdad's first female mayor
- Baghdad set to get first female mayor
- Baghdad's first female mayor set to take the reins
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, December 03, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.