US embassy cable - 05AMMAN5466

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 05 AMMAN 005466 
 
SIPDIS 
 
ECA/PE/V/R/N (SABED-KOTOB, EDIGGINS); NEA/PPD (DBENZE); 
NEA/ARN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OEXC SCUL JO 
SUBJECT: FY-05 P4L: "WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS" AUGUST 22- 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2005. 
 
 
1.  THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION IN IRAQ NOMINATES THREE 
PARTICIPANTS FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. 
 
2.  FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: 
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ECA-OFFICE: E/VGN 
PROG-AGENCY-NAME: 
POST-PROJ-ID: 268 
ECA-PROJ-NO: E/VGN-2005-0124 
PROJ-NAME: WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS- Iraq 
START MEMO PROJ-DESC: 
 
END MEMO PROJ-DESC: 
PROJ-TYPE: Regional 
PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor 
FY: 2005 
DEPART-POST: 08/21/2005 
SESSION-DATE: 08/22/2005 
RETURN-POST: 09/10/2005 
NO-OF-PART: 3 
RANK-ORDER: 0 
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PROG-AGENCY-ID: 
PROJ-TYPE-ID: RP 
PROG-TYPE-ID: 29 
NOMINATING-POST-ID: 2887 
FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 
STATUS: N 
ORIGINATOR: U 
SUBJ-DISC: Women's Rights 
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PREFIX: Ms. 
F-NAME: NIHAL 
M-NAME: 
L-NAME: Rzuki 
SUFFIX: 
POSITION-CODE: 900 
PRINCIPAL: Yes 
GENDER: F 
DOB: 07/27/1964 
MAR-STAT: S 
BIRTH-CITY: Diwaniyah 
BIRTH-CNTRY: Iraq 
CITIZ-CNTRY: Iraq 
RES-CNTRY: Iraq 
START MEMO POSITION: 
Member of Provincial Council 
END MEMO POSITION: 
START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
 
END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
2001-03 Manager of IT in Directorate General of Health; 1988- 
99 - medical equipment engineer 
END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
NONE 
END MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
NONE 
END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO EDUCATION: 
2001 MS Computer Science; 1997 BA Education English 
Education; 1987 BS Electrical Engineering 
 
 
 
END MEMO EDUCATION: 
START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
Human Rights Organization; Regional Democracy Center 
 
 
END MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
START MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
NONE 
END MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
START MEMO SPEC-CONSID: 
NO PORK 
NO ALCOHOL 
END MEMO SPEC-CONSID: 
FIRST-LANG: Arabic 
ENGL-READ: 5 
ENGL-SPEAK: 5 
ENGL-COMP: 5 
START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
 
END MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
START MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: 
 
END MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: 
START MEMO VIS-OBJ: 
 
END MEMO VIS-OBJ: 
START MEMO VIS-REC: 
 
END MEMO VIS-REC: 
NOMINATING-OFFICER: Henry S. Ensher 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
Nihal Rzuki volunteered for positions that placed here in 
the forefront of the provincial government in Qadisiyah; She 
was elected as one of four female members of the Provincial 
Council, in which she serves on the projects and security 
committees; She attended a conference in Irbil and developed 
decision documentation for the reconciliation of Shia and 
Kurdish representatives; She is a key member of the Human 
Rights and Democracy Organization; She is a member of the 
South Central Iraq Regional Democracy Center, which 
coordinates the activity of all human rights, women's and 
tribal centers in this region;  He excellent English, very 
unusual in this region, has enabled her to participate 
effectively in several panel discussions, particularly on 
women's rights in the new Iraq;  She will become the new 
Program Director for the new radio station in Diwaniyah;  In 
this position, she will develop programs to promote 
democratic institutions and balanced news presentations; 
Her boundless energy and unlimited potential for higher 
level roles make her a worthy participant in the IV program. 
END MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
NOM-OFF: GC Qadisiyah-IRAQ 
SPEAKER: No 
NOTIFY-EMB: Yes 
MEDIA: No 
HOME-STAY: No 
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PERSON-ID: 421 
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RES-CNTRY-ID: IZ 
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E-I-TYPE-ID: I 
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NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 43698 
NOM-STATUS: N 
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DS2019-SUBJECT: 05.0207 
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PREFIX: Ms. 
F-NAME: Dhuha 
M-NAME: s. 
L-NAME: Jamil 
SUFFIX: 
POSITION-CODE: 900 
PRINCIPAL: Yes 
GENDER: F 
DOB: 11/14/1958 
MAR-STAT: M 
BIRTH-CITY: Baghdad 
BIRTH-CNTRY: Iraq 
CITIZ-CNTRY: Iraq 
RES-CNTRY: Iraq 
START MEMO POSITION: 
Interior Design Engineer  - June 1994 - 2005 
END MEMO POSITION: 
START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
 
END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
President of Association of Women Entrepreneurs ( AWE )  - 
June 2004 
END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
June - 1985 / Training Course in Communication & Computers / 
TCC Company 
END MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
Canada; London; South Korea; Lebanon; Jordan 
END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO EDUCATION: 
University of Technology / 1976 - 1980 / BA in Electronic 
Engineering 
END MEMO EDUCATION: 
START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
President of Association of Women Entrepreneurs (AWE); Board 
Member in Iraqi Independent Women's Group (IIWG) 
 
 
END MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
START MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
Publishing Folder under a name (Iraqi Woman & Elections) 
END MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
START MEMO SPEC-CONSID: 
Islamic Diet 
END MEMO SPEC-CONSID: 
FIRST-LANG: Arabic 
ENGL-READ: 5 
ENGL-SPEAK: 5 
ENGL-COMP: 5 
START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
 
END MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
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END MEMO VIS-OBJ: 
START MEMO VIS-REC: 
 
END MEMO VIS-REC: 
NOMINATING-OFFICER: Nancy Corbett / PAO- CAO 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
Dhuha S. Jamil, she is computer engineer, internal designer, 
and director of Women Entrepreneurs Association starting in 
6/2004, her organization held many workshops like "the 
Strategic Planning for the Election Process and Media 
Skills" and "Advocacy and Media Skills" for women all over 
Iraq especially for the women participated in election 
lists. 
Dhuha is one of the most active women who started to strive 
for women rights directly after the downfall of ex-regime, 
as she worked with a group of women to revoke the Governing 
Council Decision (number 137) and to get 25% quota for women 
in addition to that she is working now to support women to 
participate in drafting constitution by arranging for a big 
project about the Constitutional Enlightenment. 
 
 
 
END MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
NOM-OFF: Baghdad 
SPEAKER: No 
NOTIFY-EMB: Yes 
MEDIA: No 
HOME-STAY: No 
HOME-HOSP: Yes 
E-I-TYPE: 
NOMINEE-ID: 598 
PERSON-ID: 597 
BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: IZ 
CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: IZ 
RES-CNTRY-ID: IZ 
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PREFIX: Ms. 
F-NAME: Kazimea 
M-NAME: J. 
L-NAME: Amjaseer 
SUFFIX: 
POSITION-CODE: 200 
PRINCIPAL: Yes 
GENDER: F 
DOB: 01/01/1963 
MAR-STAT: M 
BIRTH-CITY: Baghdad 
BIRTH-CNTRY: Iraq 
CITIZ-CNTRY: Iraq 
RES-CNTRY: Iraq 
START MEMO POSITION: 
Vice-President, Handicapped Iraqi Women's Organization 
(04/2004-Present 
END MEMO POSITION: 
START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
 
END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
News Reporter, Al-Abaa Newspaper (5/2003 - Present) 
News Reporter, Al-Jamhoria Newspaper (3/93 - 3/96) 
 
END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
none 
END MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
none 
END MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
START MEMO EDUCATION: 
High School Graduate  (5/1988) 
 
 
END MEMO EDUCATION: 
START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
Journalists Union and Novelists Union of Diyala 
END MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
START MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
They Ask Me, So I See You (1997) and numerous poetry works 
END MEMO PUBLICATIONS: 
START MEMO SPEC-CONSID: 
 
END MEMO SPEC-CONSID: 
FIRST-LANG: Arabic 
ENGL-READ: 1 
ENGL-SPEAK: 1 
ENGL-COMP: 1 
START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
 
END MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
START MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: 
 
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END MEMO VIS-OBJ: 
START MEMO VIS-REC: 
 
END MEMO VIS-REC: 
NOMINATING-OFFICER: Sherman L. Grandy 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
As a founding member of the Handicapped Iraqi Women's 
Organization, she helped establish a sewing factory, which 
currently has six employees.  Proceeds from the factory are 
used to help support more than 1,000 handicapped women in 
Diyala Province and women in four other provinces throughout 
Iraq.  She and the other members of the organization are in 
the process of establishing an engineering company, which 
will also support the women's organization.  As an 
entrepreneur, she is looking for opportunities to make money 
to support needy women in Iraq. 
 
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SPEAKER: No 
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