The Women Empowerment Unit at the University of Basrah organized a symposium on “Violence against women, its causes and negative consequences for the family and society” within the activities of (16) days for the International Day of No to Violence against Women, in the presence of university female cadres, including female instructors, employees and students.
The symposium aimed to support the international campaign No to Violence against Women and to raise awareness among the other sex of women's rights and emphasize equality between women and men.
The symposium included a lecture by the head of the Women's Empowerment Unit, the Legal Counsellor, Sanaa Abdul Latif Al-Asadi, on the causes of the spread of violence against women, whether by their families, during their studies, or during their work, and the need to develop effective solutions to stop this abuse, restore their full rights and preserve their dignity, because they represent half of society.
