Under the patronage of the President of NTU, Prof. Dr. Alia Abbas Ali Al-Attar, the Women’s Empowerment Division and the Department of Media and Government Communication, in cooperation with the Nineveh Elections Office, organized a workshop entitled “Elections and Women’s Participation between Reality and Ambition,” attended by the Dean of the Nineveh Technical Institute, Asst Prof. Dr. Majid Muhammad Saleh, and the university’s employees, the workshop highlighted the reality and ambition of women’s participation in the elections, as well as the percentage of women’s participation in the elections from 2005 to 2023, the challenges facing women, the beliefs and culture they must have before running in the elections, and the importance of women’s political participation and that it be qualitative, not quantitative. Only that the support provided to women must be the first step in the home environment and then work until we reach an effective and influential participation that serves the whole society.