Ala Talabani

Ala Talabani is Adviser to the Prime Minister of Iraq for Women's Affairs, advising the government on women's rights and gender policy. A Kurdish politician with more than three decades of experience in Iraqi politics and women's rights advocacy, she served four consecutive terms in the Iraqi Council of Representatives from 2005 to 2021. During this time, she led the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) parliamentary bloc and chaired the cross-party Iraqi Women Parliamentarians' Assembly.

She is Founder and Chairwoman of the Laylan Foundation for Democracy and a founding member of the Supreme Council of Iraqi Women. She holds a Bachelor of Laws and certificates from Harvard University in Women and Public Policy and Women in Security.