Lord Ahmad and UK government officials visit our "inspiring" peace project
We were delighted to receive a special visit from Lord Ahmad, Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and United Nations of the United Kingdom this week.
Lord Ahmad, who is the UK Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, was joined by UK diplomat Mark Bryson-Richardson, Director Middle East and North Africa for the FCDO, and Rosy Cave, Consul General for UK in Erbil.
They were welcomed by our Regional Director Vian and some of our Peace Sisters from our project with Cordaid Iraq. During a fruitful meeting, our guests heard about the work we are doing to raise women’s voices and promote inclusive peace processes in the region.
We were very proud to discuss our Peace Sisters programme, which is in partnership with Cordaid through its Women Voices First programme and funded by the British Embassy in Baghdad. As part of the project, the Sisters have been leading a series of awareness-raising initiatives designed to bring communities together and promote social cohesion and tolerance.
Below you can see a tweet from Lord Ahmad - and as you can imagine we’re so pleased he found our work inspiring!
Thank you again for coming to see us…