Iraq Women

(Female) Suicide Bombers

Courtney E. Martin | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics


Courtney E. Martin

Since 2003 Iraq has experienced over 50 suicide bombings carried out by women. It is no longer justifiable for the media to act aghast when another woman turns up with blood on her hands.

Helping War's Most Vulnerable Victims

Craig Kielburger and Marc Kielburger | Posted 12.21.2007 | Politics


Craig Kielburger and Marc Kielburger

Salbi took the $2000 set aside for her honeymoon and found a way to help. She was driven by a simple mission: to give women in war-torn countries like hers the chance to rebuild their shattered lives.

Vigilantes Kill 40 Women In Iraq's South

AP | Posted 12.09.2007 | Home


Religious vigilantes have killed at least 40 women this year in the southern Iraqi city of Basra because of how they dressed, their mutilated bodies f...