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'''Dr Bayan Nouri Tawfeeq Nadir''' (born 11 January 1960, [[Sulaymaniyah]], [[Iraq]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url = http://www.kurdiu.org/details.php?section=hawal&lang=3&id=18384|title = Biography of Minister of State for Women's Affairs|date = 18 October 2014|accessdate = |website = |publisher = Kurdistan Islamic Union|last = |first = }}</ref>) is a [[Iraqi Kurdistan|Kurdish]] [[Iraq]]i politician who was Minister of Women's Affairs from 18 October 2014 to 16 August 2015.<ref name=aawsat19oct>{{cite web|url=http://www.aawsat.net/2014/10/article55337678|title=Iraq parliament approves new Defense, Interior ministers|publisher=Asharq Al-Awsat|date=19 October 2014|accessdate=19 October 2014}}</ref><ref name=ScrapPosts>[http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-reforms-cabinet-posts-eliminated/27191927.html Iraqi PM Scraps 11 Cabinet Posts In Reform Drive], ''[[Radio Free Europe]]'', 16 August 2014</ref> She is a member of the [[Kurdistan Islamic Union]].<ref name=":0" />

== Background ==
She was born in [[Sulaymaniyah]], Iraqi Kurdistan, in 1960 and graduated as a [[Civil engineering|Civil Engineer]] in 1983.<ref name=":0" /> She was a founding member of the Kurdistan Islamic Union, a branch of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]], in 1994 and has been a member of the party's political bureau since 2005.<ref name=":0" />

== Women's Minister ==
She was approved as a member of the government of Haider al-Abadi on 18 October 2014, receiving 164 votes from the 328 members of the [[Council of Representatives of Iraq|Council of Representatives]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Parliament names Nouri as Minister of Women Affairs|url = http://www.iraqinews.com/baghdad-politics/parliament-names-nouri-as-minister-of-women-affairs/|website = www.irakinews.com|author=Ahmed Hussein|date=18 October 2014 |accessdate = 8 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Turkey praises Iraqi government for inclusive political start|url = http://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2014/10/20/turkey-praises-iraq-for-inclusive-political-start|accessdate = 2015-08-20}}</ref> She succeeded Dr. Ibtihal al-Zaidi.

In an interview soon after taking office, she said the situation for women in Iraq had worsened in the last four years and she would try to improve the situation, in particular focussing on [[domestic violence]]. She opposed the draft personal status law, which allows marriage for girls from nine years old.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Iraqi draft law allows child marriages - Kvinna till Kvinna – works for peace and gender equality|url = http://kvinnatillkvinna.se/en/2014/03/14/iraqi-draft-law-allows-child-marriages/|accessdate = 2015-08-20|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160124150323/http://kvinnatillkvinna.se/en/2014/03/14/iraqi-draft-law-allows-child-marriages/|archive-date = 2016-01-24|url-status = dead}}</ref> She said she would aim to "restrict" polygamy, not going so far as to ban it due to concerns over the impact on divorced women. She says she is against religious marriages which aren't ratified by courts, as this causes legal problems for divorcees and their children. Regarding the [[Niqāb|niqab]], she said women should have the freedom to wear the clothing they want without restriction.<ref>{{Cite web|title = ‘Women Should Have Freedom To Wear What They Want’|url = http://www.niqash.org/en/articles/politics/3595/%25E2%2580%2598Women-Should-Have-Freedom-To-Wear-What-They-Want%25E2%2580%2599.htm|accessdate = 2015-08-20|first = Alaa|last = Latif}}</ref>

In May 2015, she blamed the turmoil caused by the Islamic state to be responsible for the surge of widows in Iraq.<ref>Hawar Abdulrazaq, [http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/175958 Number of Widows Increases in Iraq], ''Basnews.com'', 31 May 2015</ref>

In August 2015, responding to popular demonstrations against government corruption and inefficiency, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced a reduction in the number of ministers, abolishing the Ministry of Women's Affairs. As a result, Dr Nouri left the cabinet.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Iraqi PM eliminates 11 cabinet portfolios|url = https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/20469-iraqi-pm-eliminates-11-cabinet-portfolios|accessdate = 2015-08-20|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201351/https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/20469-iraqi-pm-eliminates-11-cabinet-portfolios|archive-date = 2016-03-04|url-status = dead}}</ref>

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[[Category:21st-century Iraqi women politicians]]
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