Caption (left to right, top: Dr. Iman Mustafa Hamad Hassanin (Sudanese Women’s Union UK & Ireland) Dr. Salma Saddawi (Iraqi Women’s League), Brian Leishman MP, Steve Witherden MP, John McDonnell MP, Brendan O’Hara MP; bottom: Ms. Maghboula Ahmed (Saharawi Community in the UK), Baroness Christine Blower (chair), Selina Musa (Palestinian People’s Party), Dr. Azar Sepehr (Democratic Organisation of Iranian Women)
Thank you to all of you, our fantastic all-women panel, members of the public and MPs, and out chair Baroness Christine Blower for attending and participating in our meeting in Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House, Westminster, March 5 2025. A number of other MPs, not pictured above, also attended, including Liberation joint President Jeremy Corbyn.
It was a wonderful, educational and inspiring evening hearing from women activists of their struggles for equality, freedom, social justice, self-determination and peace in their respective countries, and starting to explore how MPs can assist in their roles in the UK parliament.
A report of the event will be shared in due course.
The speakers were:
– Ms. Nawal Musa, Palestinian People’s Party (PPP)
– Dr. Azar Sepehr, Democratic Organisation of Iranian Women (DOIW)
– Dr. Salma Saddawi, Iraqi Women’s League (IWL)
– Ms. Magbula Abdeslam, Saharawi community in the UK
– Ms. Iman Mustafa Hamad Hassanin, Sudanese Women’s Union (SWU) UK & Ireland
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