As directed by the Ministry of Higher Education and under the sponsorship of Professor Dr. Munir Hameed Al-Saadi, the President of the University of Baghdad and with the presence of Professor Dr. Samira Naji Kadhim, the Dean of the College of Science for Women, the Continuing Education Unit, in collaboration with the Center for Educational and Psychological Research at the University of Baghdad, arranged a workshop titled “Gender Concepts and Their Effect on the Iraqi Family.” The workshop was conducted by Dr. Fadel Shakir Hassan Al-Saadi, Director of the Center for Educational and Psychological Research, and Dr. Jawad Al-Diwan, Professor of Community Medicine. It provided an overview of the concept of gender, which originated in the mid-20th century and gained widespread acceptance. In 2004, the United Nations Women’s Committee officially acknowledged gender variations and enforced laws to safeguard their rights. Gender, as a notion, seeks to eradicate the natural instincts and biological distinctions between males and females, ultimately undermining the rightful and human representation of a family as a unit comprising a husband, wife and children. It propagates the falsehood that motherhood is a myth, contending instead that maternal roles are imposed on women by culture and society. Undermining the role of the father diminishes masculinity, leading to moral decline, family breakdown, opposition to marriage, the proliferation of deviations, the erosion of religion, and ultimately the destruction of societies and nations.
