Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Zakia Said Salih (second from right) is pictured during chairing a session on inclusive employment’ in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, July 8, 2025. (Photo: KRG Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs)
Rukaya Ghali, a female labourer loads clay bricks onto a donkey-pulled cart, at a factory in al-Kifl district in central Iraq, on Feb. 10, 2025. (Graphic: Designed by Kurdistan24)