The director of Metro Center congratulated the four women journalists who were given positions in Westga News and said, "This step of Westga News is important.”

Diyaree Mohammed, director of Metro Center, told Westga News, "On behalf of Metro Center, I congratulate the four women journalists who have received these positions in Westga News. We are confident that their skills and experience will enable them to do their job successfully.”

"We thank the director of Westga News for providing this opportunity for these women, because unfortunately in the Kurdish media, despite the presence of women in the media and journalism, their presence is very low in decision-making and senior positions.”

"This step of Westga News is an important step and we as Metro Center express our support and ask other media institutions to follow in their step, and ask the managers of media institutions to allow women journalists to come forward and give them senior positions. We congratulate Westga News again for this decision. We wish these women journalists all the success.”

On Wednesday, March 11th, 2026, according to a letter from the president of Westga News, four women journalists received the following positions:

Lanya Bakhtiar - Editor-in-Chief of Westga News / Graduated from the Department of Media, Public Relations Branch of Sulaimani University - Graduated from the Department of English at CIS Lebanese International College.

Ala Ahmad - WestgaClass Manager / Graduated from Department of Philosophy, Raperin University.

Sazgar Ahmad - News Room Coordinator / Graduate of Media Department of Sulaimani University.

Solin Osman - Supervisor of WestgaStyle/ Graduated from the Department of Arabic Language at Sulaimani University.

"This step is related to the abilities of these women, who have been able to achieve success in their work and their place is visible and all members of the agency accept the changes and support the decision," said Sirwan Gharib, president of Westga News.

- Westga News