Iraqi Women

Iraqi Women Speak, "U.S. Troop Withdrawal Our Double-Edged Sword"

Kiri Westby | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Yanar Mohammed, Hanaa Edwar, Iraq War, Arab Spring, Awatef Rasheed, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights, Iraqi Al-Amal Association, Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq, Faces of Change, Womens Rights, Human Rights, Iraqi Womens Rights, Iraqi Women, Impact News
Kiri Westby

How are Iraqi women activists reacting to the impending U.S. troop withdrawal and the end to an armed occupation?

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Iraqi Domestic Abuse Reforms Falter

AP | By BUSHRA JUHI | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Iraq Divorce, Iraqi Women, Iraq Laws, Iraq, Divorce, Iraq Domestic Abuse, Domestic Abuse, Divorce News

BAGHDAD -- Salma Jassim was beaten, kicked out of her marital home with her newborn daughter on her shoulder and then deserted by her husband. But she...

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Eyes on the Prize for Iraqi Women

Molly Hunter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Molly Hunter, Iraqi Women, Baghdad, Women's Rights, Maha Al-Douri, Iraq, Iraq Election, Elections Live, World News
Molly Hunter

Today in Iraq, women have few education and employment opportunities. It's time for Iraqi politicians of all genders, religions, and political parties to advocate for women.

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Iraqi Women Take On Roles Of Dead Or Missing Husbands

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraqi Widows, Iraqi Women Violence, Warwire, Iraq War, Iraqi Women, Politics News

The Washington Post reports on the growing number of Iraqi women who have taken over the roles that they're now missing or dead husbands once played: ...

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Basra Militias Killing "Un-Islamic" Women

The Sunday Times of London (U.K.) | Marie Colvin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Warwire, Iraqi Women, Basra Women, Iraq War, Basra, Iraq, Women's Rights Iraq, Militias, Politics News

IT WAS just after 11pm and the shopkeeper was closing up for the night when a van screeched to a halt outside. The back doors flew open. "Someone insi...

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Private Security Contractors Kill 2 Iraqi Women

AP | SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Guards in a security convoy opened fire on a car at an intersection in central Baghdad on Tuesday, killing two Christian women, police said. Separatel...

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